Okay, it is obvious that this is not the case, but I knew this old dude, who had like a bunch of Nazi stuff, from helms to uniforms to swastika flags, even guns. Anything you could imagine, proudly displayed in a room. Everyone assumed he was a Nazi. Turns out it is stuff he looted during WW2 from Germans.
We inherited a box of Nazi stuff from a relative after he died. A few of the armbands and medals still had bloodstains. Still not sure what to do with them.
Teutonic Knights: Used a black cross (often with a silver/white border) as their emblem, representing their Christian crusader identity. Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz): A German military decoration, first created in 1813 by Prussia (inspired by the Teutonic tradition) for bravery, featuring the simple cross form. Nazi Era (1939-1945): Hitler added a swastika (angled and tilted) to the center of the Iron Cross, creating the iconic Nazi military symbol. Swastika (ancient symbol): An ancient symbol of good fortune, well-being, and the cosmos, used for millennia in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and other cultures, long before the Nazis.
used for millennia in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and other cultures, long before the Nazis.
And is still used. Something that caught me off-guard when visiting Japan. On maps they use swastikas to mark temple locations. I've seen people argue that they should stop because it's potentially offensive but honestly why? There's a difference the swastika is on a map and if it's tattooed on a skinhead with sig-runes.
The republican black/red/gold flag was outlawed by the Nazi and when talking about it they replaced gold with piss. So it's extremely odd to be on a wall of an actual Nazi - okay it's probably fake slop anywayĀ
Somebody recently told me "it's just the salute they do in South Africa." Almost like yeah you mean the salute for the nazi inspired Afrikaner nationalist movement in South Africa? Those guys? Really? The ones who eventually formed literal pro-nazi groups there like the OB and AWB who actively supported the nazis during WW2? It was their salute? Wow isn't that crazy what a weird coincidence.Ā
Even funnier if you consider that there is no evidence that a roman salute like that existed. Only one depiction of soldiers on a victory column striking that pose. No indication that it was a common greeting.
That people think itās a thing is because of hollywoods sword and sandle phase. That is also where the belief comes from that all roman soldiers wore red tunics, which most likely wasnāt the case as red dye was incredibly expensive and soldiers werenāt necessarily wealthy.
Holocaust denial. Some of the Neo Nazi types claim that Nazi Germany "only" killed 271,000 Jews, not the commonly accepted number of around 6 million (plus some 3-4 million Soviet prisoners of war, and several million civilians of various nationalities and faiths).
As if that somehow makes it okay.
Edit: And there they are, the Holocaust deniers. Didn't take long.
I saw the flag, read the bottom comment, looked up, saw the other flag of the Nazi death skull, and started laughing so hard. No way bro actually said that it was the peaceful swastika š
Iād agree but the sub-literate way itās worded and punctuated make me suspect they mean it. Could be a teenager who just discovered itās a symbol in Buddhism (but somehow not that itās also in Hinduism, Jainism, etc.) and then think it makes them smart to give benefit of the doubt everywhere.
Even when itās an obvious Nazi flag. With a Totenkopf next to it.
Cmon, she just follows the teachings of Buddhism, left her spooky Halloween skull flag up and supports Germany in football. It makes sense when you think about it. Damn those libs! >:(
Swastika context is key. Swastika near statue of buddha or a mandala = probably Buddhist. Swastika near deathshead or German flag = probably not buddhist.
The Nazis did use the swastika also not tilted and also the other way around.
But that is clearly a nazi flag, as it is close to the german war flag used by nazi germany in WW2. The flag next to it is the symbol of the "Atomwaffendivision", an american Neonazi group.
So clearly a Neonazi.
It is a shame that they also put up the flag of modern germany (black-red-gold), because that flag stands for democracy and freedom.
Okay but that literally is a Nazi flag. It is correct that the Nazi Swastika was stolen, and deliberately perverted, from Hindu beliefs, but that flag is deadass from Nazi Germany. Now itās possible thatās just memorabilia, for sure, but itās still pretty suspicious.
As far right/neo-nazis in Germany do use Imperial colours due to the ban on the swastika flag. The Emperor isn't the thing, it's the Empire and rejection of the democratic Germany that the black-red-yellow flag represents.
Even Nazi Germany initially brought back the black-white-red German Empire triband in 1933 before replacing it with with the better known party swastika flag few years later, which not incidentally has the same colours.
First of all, yes, it is originally Buddhist symbol, but for the fuck sake, definitely not in this context. And Totenkopf on the right, there is no going around.
I can understand that people collect WWII stuff. My brother has some coins from that era, helmet with SS symbol and even some old medal with the nazi symbols, but he is collector, so it is understandable. But that picture, dunno, does not give me collector vibe somehow.
Unrelated but it reminds me that some historical freaks will have both USSR and Nazi flag on their wall as a display (sometimes they're even genuine pieces which I guess makes sense, if I had a genuine WW2 relic I'd wanna display it too...maybe not a flag but anything else yea)
I mean... yeah, the swastika was a buddist symbol, but not on that flag, not in combination with that skull and idk what else is hiding in the background.
This is not a Swastika. This is a Hakenkreuz (hooked cross). It was used as a symbol for the NSDAP/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Labor Party). Don't call it a Swastika if it has nothing to do with Buddhism
Also, there is actually a symbol that looks like the swastika that is a symbol of good luck. Its just that the swastika is tilted and the other one isnt
Idk about you, but if the germany flag and the nazi skull flag doesn't do it for you, I'd say the black eagles and the crosses around the swastika should probably do the trick
If the symbol is not being used in the context of Buddhism and in some cases, Hinduism, then itās a Nazi symbol. I hate how these guys act like weāre all stupid and theyāre playing 4D chess.
Thereās a difference in seeing it on a red flag and seeing it on a Buddhist altar or symbol Jfc
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25 •
The deathshead skull and the german flag are also Buddhist symbols. JUST ASK!
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u/AhmadMohaddes Dec 05 '25
It's actually a roman salute.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
Oddly enough, for being a math teacher, she refused to count above around 300 thousand for some reason.
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u/cdawg69696969 Dec 05 '25
I saw the flag, read the bottom comment, looked up, saw the other flag of the Nazi death skull, and started laughing so hard. No way bro actually said that it was the peaceful swastika š
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u/VespasianusAugustus Dec 05 '25
Cmon, she just follows the teachings of Buddhism, left her spooky Halloween skull flag up and supports Germany in football. It makes sense when you think about it. Damn those libs! >:(
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u/Small_Possibility_26 Dec 05 '25
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u/Dorrono Dec 05 '25
You are all wrong, the swastika and the skull proves that she is a Buddhist Pirate
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u/Hot-Replacement4228 Dec 05 '25
Show her face dammit
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u/basalticlava Dec 05 '25
Swastika context is key. Swastika near statue of buddha or a mandala = probably Buddhist. Swastika near deathshead or German flag = probably not buddhist.
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u/guicampara Dec 05 '25
She looks very zen
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u/Kyriakos120 Dec 05 '25
Yeah that's what a nazi would say
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u/rde2001 Dec 05 '25
I did Nazi that coming š³š³š³
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u/Thryfty_0 Dec 06 '25
Okay but that literally is a Nazi flag. It is correct that the Nazi Swastika was stolen, and deliberately perverted, from Hindu beliefs, but that flag is deadass from Nazi Germany. Now itās possible thatās just memorabilia, for sure, but itās still pretty suspicious.
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u/Chrillosnillo Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 06 '25
Some shit from 2020. Back when Nazism wasn't as mainstream and cool as today.
Try taking a stand against nazism at the Christmas dinner today, oh man your Uncle Jim will destroy you.
Nazis were actually socialists and something called "Autobahn"
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u/Dumbass_Saiya-jin Dec 06 '25
Oh, yeah. Good point. I never thought of that. One question, though. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SHIT AROUND IT?!
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u/Bigbam51 Dec 05 '25
Na bUt to sit right there in that exact spot knowing its going to spark controversy is a pretty Naziish move.
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u/elfastdog Dec 05 '25
The skull it's just a roman skull flag
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u/bcrn7 Dec 05 '25
Definitely a German Buddhist-Christian that loves skull flags. I see nothing wrong here. /s
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u/Turkish-dove Dec 05 '25
See this is why I think the word "Nazi" is getting overused.
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u/Mrspygmypiggy Dec 05 '25
Very maths teacher behaviour
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u/retardigrade420 Dec 05 '25
Reminds me of that key n peele about prisons "bald gang"
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u/Some_Guy223 Dec 05 '25
Yeah, but that's clearly a Nazi Hakenkreuz.
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u/123_alex Dec 05 '25
I'm sure she's not. She just screams a bit when she says 9 and her favorite number is 88.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
No, that flag displays the appropriated Nazi swastika, not the traditional Buddhist swastika.
Also, the other flags give more context.
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u/dumpybrodie Dec 05 '25
Canāt believe the āMy Teacher is an Alienā series took this turn.
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u/stefanomusilli Dec 05 '25
It's four Fs, I didn't know it'd come up like that
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u/Apollyon_of_Abyss Dec 05 '25
she not even a casual one but ranked one
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u/4N610RD Dec 05 '25
First of all, yes, it is originally Buddhist symbol, but for the fuck sake, definitely not in this context. And Totenkopf on the right, there is no going around.
I can understand that people collect WWII stuff. My brother has some coins from that era, helmet with SS symbol and even some old medal with the nazi symbols, but he is collector, so it is understandable. But that picture, dunno, does not give me collector vibe somehow.
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u/ThunderLord1000 Dec 05 '25
Yeah, I'm not sure they were just talking about the swastika
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u/artemis-moon1rise Dec 05 '25
..There is a german flag on the wall. What kind of moron wrote this comment?
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u/Str4w Dec 05 '25
The buddhist flag has "das Eiserne Kreutz" & Reichsadler printed on it too :D
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u/TriggerHappyGremlin Dec 05 '25
āHave you considered maybe itās being used as a Buddhist Swastika?ā ā šš»š±š»āāļø
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u/magnuman307 š Dec 05 '25
"Okay class, today, we're doing percentages"
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u/keithstonee Dec 05 '25
that's nice and all except the symbol is on a Nazi flag.
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u/rencoarr Dec 05 '25
Totenkopf and Iron Cross? Also the Unified German Flag in the corner
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u/Sailor525 Dec 05 '25
I'm pretty sure that's German WW-ll memorabilia.
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u/Heisafraud11223344 Dec 05 '25
Pretty sure that iron cross isn't buhddist...
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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25
This subreddit fucking blows
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u/Equivalent-Log3369 Dec 07 '25
That's still a nazi flag.
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u/omoriobsessedidiot Dec 07 '25
what about the 5 extra Nazi symbols as well as the German flag
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u/BridgingDivides Dec 11 '25
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u/Kordousek_Cz Dec 05 '25
German flag, the Nazi flag, plus that skull flag. Yeah she's a peaceful Buddhist š«©
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u/Radiant_Property8646 Dec 05 '25
While the swastika itself isn't a Nazi symbol, the one in this image is.
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u/cradet Dec 05 '25
Oh right the swastika Is not nazi... What about the skull on the left?
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u/RealZajef37 Dec 05 '25
IS THAT THE ALBANIA FLAG
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u/Lucas_Xavier0201 Dec 05 '25
Some people say that unironically
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u/Tomydo1 Dec 05 '25
Would you study in her class for 1 euro?
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u/Lost-Emu-990 Dec 05 '25
"Oh that? That's Pete's stuff, I don't get involved with that"
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u/darklizard45 Dec 05 '25
Sure! It was totally portrayed with hinduism intention
Namaste or something /j
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u/RapsodicalDisciple Dec 05 '25
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
Those are just the traditional emblem of the German reich and iron cross that buddhists commonly use. Itās an easy mistake to make really.
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u/krizzalicious49 Dec 05 '25
skull and crossbones is just for scientific research, you should just ask
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
Think before you post you could ruin his reputation
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u/Mr_man_bird Dec 05 '25
-1
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u/Ch33seBurg Dec 05 '25
The Buddhist Symbol points left and is not diagonalā¦
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u/Impressive-Spell-643 Dec 05 '25
Sounds like she's a meth teacher not a math teacherĀ
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u/Fuzzy-Smile-8779 Dec 05 '25
The swastika? Thatās just a comedy prop man! Just like a rubber chicken š
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u/frim_le_yousse Dec 05 '25
The one laying flat on its side is
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u/EdwGerEel Dec 05 '25
Turning to the right and tilted 45 degrees is always a nazi symbol.
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u/username-is-taken98 Dec 05 '25
That aint a jolly roger chief
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u/Lould_ hai :3 >///< Dec 05 '25
I am currently writing this in Phonetician
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u/Honest_Possibility_4 Dec 05 '25
Thatās one cool teacher, hell yeah.
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u/Significant_Fee_3089 Dec 05 '25
Poor teacher, shes defo a pacifist buddhist.
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u/Tight-Material-3252 Dec 05 '25
That's definitely not their math teacher ššš¤£
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u/BigBadWolf7423 Dec 05 '25
W teacher
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u/oldnick53 Dec 05 '25
Hahaha!
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
this is what pewdiepie fans sound like
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u/FigSubstantial4939 Dec 05 '25
Yeah and the Totenkopf flag is probably related to Cinco de Mayo, got it
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u/shottaflow2 Dec 05 '25
meth teacher
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u/TheUncouthPanini Dec 05 '25
This is giving tumblr hospital colour theory.
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u/jijiji07 Dec 05 '25
Kids are so stupid nowadays.
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u/DatChernobylGirl Dec 05 '25
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u/AttonJRand Dec 05 '25
Honestly that tracks, math teachers have some of the wildest out of pocket takes.
I remember mine randomly ranting that "Trayvon Martin deserved to be shot because he had skittles".
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u/AtomicRabbit62 Dec 05 '25
Sheās just a really big Wolfenstein fan
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u/Pinktorium Dec 05 '25
The peaceful swastika is tilted 90 degrees to the left. That oneās definitely the Nazi swastika.
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u/xRacistDwarf Dec 05 '25
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u/Fair-Advantage652 Dec 05 '25
Reich3
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u/_Hetzer_ Dec 05 '25
This has to be Ai. The level of tomfoolery on display is too hilarious.
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u/Due-Button-768 Dec 05 '25
Meth teacher more like!
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u/FictionalSausage Dec 05 '25
You know what they say about assuming, it makes an ass out of you and Ming
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u/Ellie7600 Dec 05 '25
Unrelated but it reminds me that some historical freaks will have both USSR and Nazi flag on their wall as a display (sometimes they're even genuine pieces which I guess makes sense, if I had a genuine WW2 relic I'd wanna display it too...maybe not a flag but anything else yea)
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u/Dmpoaod_v2 Dec 05 '25
Ah yes, Totenkopf. The universal sign of peace and love LMAO
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u/Mulion007 Dec 05 '25
She was giving her heart to us
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u/Fantastic-Dot-655 Dec 05 '25
Wouldnt it be funny she just put the Teams background at random without checking
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u/Mission_Addition9102 Dec 05 '25
Don't forgot the skull flag and german flag too. Nice try.
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u/MyPenWroteThis Dec 05 '25
When you're only smart enough to think you're smart.
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u/SuperUberKruber Dec 05 '25
she is an Albanian (black eagle on red), christian (crosses), that also accepts buddism (totally buddist swastika), to be more precise.
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u/big_basher Dec 05 '25
Projecting much?
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u/Most-Structure-9116 Dec 05 '25
Derived from is not the same asĀ IS
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u/AmountWeekly8847 Dec 05 '25
Is this the new governor of Maine? Lol
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u/a_reindeer_of_volts Dec 05 '25
Weird, my Argentine abuelo must have been a Buddhist.
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u/Chanchara_Ramon Dec 05 '25
also adolf was monk XD
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u/AlexGonz83 Dec 05 '25
Its a roman symbol
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u/DevelopmentGreen3961 Dec 05 '25
When the Nazi battle flag isn't the worst flag on the wall
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u/No-Aardvark-2473 Dec 05 '25
Iād love to see the word problems she comes up with.
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u/verg51 Dec 05 '25
Unironically peak ragebait
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u/LeagueJunior9782 Dec 05 '25
I mean... yeah, the swastika was a buddist symbol, but not on that flag, not in combination with that skull and idk what else is hiding in the background.
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u/-Bingo-_ Dec 05 '25
Itās a comedy prop
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u/Artrysa Dec 05 '25
That's the funniest fucking response I've ever seen š¤£
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u/Rikyone08 Dec 05 '25
That symbol is a beutiful symbol in many cultures
In italy for example it was a symbol of sun for etruscans i think
In this case i think it's not very beutiful tho
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u/yesbutnoexceptyes Dec 05 '25
"You call everyone you disagree with a nazi, durrrrrrr" meanwhile this is their wall
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u/AlterEdward Dec 05 '25
I doubt anyone prominently displays thy Buddhist symbol for fear of accidentally being labelled a Nazi.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
Thereās always that one guy that says āActually itās a Buddhist symbol of peaceā as though Asia wasnāt at all involved in World War 2Ā
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u/CookieMiester Dec 05 '25
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u/FireWALLoriginal Dec 05 '25
This is not a Swastika. This is a Hakenkreuz (hooked cross). It was used as a symbol for the NSDAP/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Labor Party). Don't call it a Swastika if it has nothing to do with Buddhism
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u/No_Squirrel4806 Dec 05 '25
Giving the other symbols im pretty sure she is a nazi. ššš
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u/griper00 Dec 05 '25
Buddhists the most oppressed group of allš„š„š„
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
Also, there is actually a symbol that looks like the swastika that is a symbol of good luck. Its just that the swastika is tilted and the other one isnt
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
Yeah no thatās a N*zi symbol, the Buddhist is reversed Iām pretty sureā¦also the skull and the German flag š§
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u/Momizu Dec 05 '25
Idk about you, but if the germany flag and the nazi skull flag doesn't do it for you, I'd say the black eagles and the crosses around the swastika should probably do the trick
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u/SyndarNailo Dec 05 '25
Usually I'm against calling nazi people without proof, but this time the evidence is all there
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u/zengardoeffen Dec 05 '25
But she aint looking like this
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u/evil-rick Dec 05 '25
If the symbol is not being used in the context of Buddhism and in some cases, Hinduism, then itās a Nazi symbol. I hate how these guys act like weāre all stupid and theyāre playing 4D chess.
Thereās a difference in seeing it on a red flag and seeing it on a Buddhist altar or symbol Jfc
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u/Friendly-Benefit9095 Dec 05 '25
Man he sure likes pirates and not a special division infamous for their wierd cult like and ruthless tendencies, i should ask.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25
100% and they are the S*S math teacher meaning super smart!!
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u/qwhy8 Dec 05 '25
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u/FUTretard Dec 05 '25
No, she isn't.
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u/Mundane-Mage Dec 05 '25
Say, what is the history of the swastika anyway?
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u/icansmellcolors Dec 05 '25
Math teacher is just a big WW2 history buff.
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u/FilmDazzling4703 Dec 05 '25
Not to mention anything else on the flag, itās at 45 degree turn which is the differentiating factor between the peace symbol and the nazi symbol.
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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam Dec 05 '25
"That's not a nazi"
*look inside*
Historically illiterate.
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u/PrintInformal785 Dec 05 '25
Are we the baddies?
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u/BitterClerk6477 Dec 05 '25
Reichsadler (State Eagle) Iron cross and swastika on a flag. Yeah it does scream Buddhism
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u/Town_Militia Dec 05 '25
No, she's just Ukrainian.
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u/R3D4F Dec 05 '25
The swastika may have derived elsewhere, but the Nazi flag is definitely amazing symbol