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Originally Posted by hoot72
Sorry, I beg to differ. Which asian countries specifically, please?
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If you have Hindu friends swastikas are all over the place. They appear on religious images and holy Sanskrit texts, Swastikas were a religious symbol of "well being' thousands of years before the Nazis. This can now unfortunately lead to misunderstandings. Swastika itself is an ancient Sanskrit word. The Aryans were tribes in what is now northern India. Hitler was obsessed with Aryans legend, specifically the stories of lighter skinned peoples conquering darker skinned people with superior technology, and he obviously twisted this mythology/heraldry for his nefarious views.
None of this has to do with SS runes, they are what they are.
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