• This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

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    Nazis called their symbol Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross).

    For some reason, anglos chose to use Eastern religions’ term for their holy symbols.

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      10 months ago

      Yeah, it would be wonderful if that symbol could eventually be reclaimed. Seems a bit far off though. Would English speakers know what you refer to if you say hakenkreuz?

      In my native tongue it’s called hakekors, and I speak some German, so I’m not in a position to assess how understandable it would be to folks who only speak English.