The thing about the holocaust comparison is that the commenter is absolutely wrong (and good on the AAM commenters for saying so), but they brush by an actual issue that has nothing to do with this letter.
Should a Hindu or Buddhist be able to wear a right-hand swastika in a non-Asian workplace without facing discomfort or misunderstanding? Absolutely. Can they? Probably not, TBH; sorry, y'all, the Nazis ruined a lot of things and your ability to wear your religious symbol in public without it being a trigger for a lot of people is one of them, for now. Give it a few generations but for now there are still living people with numbers on their arms so maybe take a pause on that one. (Obviously I'd expect the ACLU et al to defend to the death their right to wear them without discrimination, but 100% there will be discomfort.)
But as the commenters all said: Hitler is real, and was alive in living memory, and murdered and tortured a fuckton of people. Satan is mythology, so suck it. Not to mention the LW is a closeted member of the Satanic Temple, which is vastly different from putting a swastika on a lapel pin.
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The thing about the holocaust comparison is that the commenter is absolutely wrong (and good on the AAM commenters for saying so), but they brush by an actual issue that has nothing to do with this letter.
Should a Hindu or Buddhist be able to wear a right-hand swastika in a non-Asian workplace without facing discomfort or misunderstanding? Absolutely. Can they? Probably not, TBH; sorry, y'all, the Nazis ruined a lot of things and your ability to wear your religious symbol in public without it being a trigger for a lot of people is one of them, for now. Give it a few generations but for now there are still living people with numbers on their arms so maybe take a pause on that one. (Obviously I'd expect the ACLU et al to defend to the death their right to wear them without discrimination, but 100% there will be discomfort.)
But as the commenters all said: Hitler is real, and was alive in living memory, and murdered and tortured a fuckton of people. Satan is mythology, so suck it. Not to mention the LW is a closeted member of the Satanic Temple, which is vastly different from putting a swastika on a lapel pin.