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some idiots in nyc sure did.  this is the offending swastika.
http://gawker.com/5874894/a-jewelry-store-in-brooklyn-is-selling-swastika-earrings
btw tons of other culture used it but not the nazi one. why would anyone confuse it with the nazi one is beyond me. A neo nazi wouldn't be caught dead wearing that one!!!!
Buddhism
Buddhism originated in the 5th century BC and spread throughout the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BC (Maurya Empire). Known as a "yung drung"[23] in ancient Tibet, it was a graphical representation of eternity.[24]
[edit] East Asian traditions
Swastika on building in Seoul, Korea
The paired swastika symbols are included, at least since the Liao Dynasty, as part of the Chinese writing system (? and ?) and are variant characters for ? or ? (wàn in Mandarin, man in Korean, Cantonese and Japanese, v?n in Vietnamese) meaning "all" or "eternity" (lit. myriad). The swastika marks the beginning of many Buddhist scriptures. In East Asian countries, the left-facing character is often used as symbol for Buddhism and marks the site of a Buddhist temple on maps.
In Chinese and Japanese the swastika is also a homonym of the number 10,000, and is commonly used to represent the whole of Creation, e.g. 'the myriad things' in the Dao De Jing. During the Chinese Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian (684-704) decreed that the swastika would also be used as an alternative symbol of the Sun.
In Japan, the swastika is called manji. Since the Middle Ages, it has been used as a coat of arms by various Japanese families such as Tsugaru clan, Hachisuka clan or around 60 clans that belong to Tokugawa clan.[25] On Japanese maps, a swastika (left-facing and horizontal) is used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple. The right-facing manji is often referred to as the gyaku manji (??, lit. "reverse manji") or migi manji (??, lit. "right manji") , and can also be called kagi juji (literally "hook cross").
In Chinese and Japanese art, the swastika is often found as part of a repeating pattern. One common pattern, called sayagata in Japanese, comprises left- and right-facing swastikas joined by lines.[26] As the negative space between the lines has a distinctive shape, the sayagata pattern is sometimes called the "key fret" motif in English.
As a pottery graph of unknown provision and meaning the swastka-like sign is known in Chinese Neolithic culture (2400-2000 BCE, Liu wan ??, Qinghai province).
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I'll be honest, I can't tell the difference at all.
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Buddhists didn't have a swastika. Neither did the native americans.
You really can't be that dumb.
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the nazi one is going the opposite direction and is crooked, because when they created it they didn't want to see their Asian roots of Aryans lol. Aryans are basically from central Asia.
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The Reich goes to the right.
edit: Although it's really pretty interchangeable hehe
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You are asking ACF if they would confuse facts with racism and hatred. 
Some questions answer themselves.
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if someone calls it that, than thats what its called. its not the nazi one though, that the idiots in nyc are offended by.
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The dumb from that link...
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its like saying L and 7 are the same thing!!! idiots!!!
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The dumb from that link...
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There's only one swastika i support and that's the Fuhrers.
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combat_mage_sc posted:
There's only one swastika i support and that's the Fuhrers.
You build hatred and it will come. ^
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Woah, such differences.  Wow, hindus are nazis!
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There's only one swastika i support and that's the Fuhrers.
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Hindu one is wrong.
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Don't care.
Now, if someone wearing those earrings goes around beating Jews and blacks, then we've got a problem.
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No, I would not.
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Earrings that resemble swastikas are causing an uproar in Greenpoint, a northern neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.
Bejeweled, a store that features some religious jewelry, started selling the earrings six months ago. Owner Young Kim told CBS station WCBS in New York that the earrings had been selling without controversy until a customer took a picture of them and posted it online, where it went viral.
"The way that it would be worn by many who would walk around with those earrings would be conveyed as a hateful message," City Councilman Steve Levin told WCBS.
The swastika is still used in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in India, and has been used by Buddhists in China. The reversed image of the swastika gained prominence as the symbol of the Nazi Party and has been associated with anti-semitism ever since.
Bill Akin with the Soka Gakkai Buddhist Association told WCBS that the symbol originated as a Sanskrit symbol of peace and prosperity. The earrings face the traditional way swastikas face, not the way the Nazi symbol does. However, he admitted that the meaning has been tarnished - no matter which way the swastika faces.
"This is a symbol we've only seen associated with Nazi Germany," Akin said. "I think the Nazis manipulated and twisted both the fundamental meaning of the symbol as well as the physical appearance of the symbol."
The shop owner argued to WCBS through a translator that the jewelry was made in India and was never meant to incite hate. She has apologized for selling the earrings and has pulled them from the shelves.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57357870/swastika-earrings-cause-stir-in-brooklyn/
I would of kept it because its not the same!!!
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they go both directions and they always have. hitler took the swastika from buddhism or hinduism. i forget which one specifically. but regardless of that fact, it is no longer an acceptable symbol in the west. you cannot wear it going either direction or slant w/o people thinking it's the swastika and that you are for jew slaughter here.
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now reading the comments i genuinely want to murder everyone on that page. holy fk. if hitler used a slanted cross (yes i know that becomes an x) would christianity have lost one of it's major symbols? what about the crescent moon of islam? would that have been done away with? america was full of swastikas before the war.  i hate this country so much.
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You do realize they are the exact same symbol at a different orientation? It would be really easy for someone to confuse them. That said, a symbol does not offend me.
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Time to boycott krispy kreme, because they are just one K off from K K K. Hey its close enough right?
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So its safe to assume its due to the stupidity of people?
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"The way that it would be worn by many who would walk around with those earrings would be conveyed as a hateful message," City Councilman Steve Levin told WCBS.
guy is a moron.
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First Amendment of the Constitution says people have the right to express them selves how ever they want.
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"The way that it would be worn by many who would walk around with those earrings would be conveyed as a hateful message," City Councilman Steve Levin told WCBS.
guy is a moron.
Expert testimony there.
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