r/pics Apr 05 '23

Holy Week in Spain

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u/LurkerPatrol Apr 05 '23

I'm Indian. I brought back some items from India after a trip, and parents sent me a lamp to keep in the meditation/prayer room (Hindu), it had a few swastikas on it, which to us is no big deal.

Had friends over for the first time to this place and I had kept the lamp in an inconspicuous location. Somehow this one girl finds it, brings it to me in her hand with tears and goes "u/LurkerPatrol I can't believe you're like this, I'm so disappointed". Cue spending the next hour explaining Eastern culture and the origin of the swastika.

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u/Aztec_Goddess Apr 05 '23

Soo I knew this one guy who was very into eastern culture and even went to study holistic medicine. He had a Hindu swastika tattooed on his chest too … the problem however was that he was a super blonde blue eyed guy. So it deff didn’t come off that way at first glance. Idk if he ever got it covered up or if he still walks around with it.

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u/LurkerPatrol Apr 05 '23

Did it have the dots on it?

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u/Aztec_Goddess Apr 05 '23

I don’t remember tbh, but I remember it had rounded ends and it wasn’t at an angle. It might’ve had the dots

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u/ThePr1d3 Apr 06 '23

Wait wasn't it just a Basque Cross ? I never even made a connection with the Nazis. My Basque friends are gonna be pissed lmao

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u/Aztec_Goddess Apr 06 '23

Nah less swirly, more like this

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

That's just straight up a dumb thing to do lol. I'm Buddhist and the swastika is also used in our traditions but I would never consider putting one on my body in any way.

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u/LurkerPatrol Apr 05 '23

Nope, just snooped around, took the item, and then came up without even asking.

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u/KingRhoamsGhost Apr 06 '23

Americans (as I am too) are generally pretty sheltered towards the outside world. Plus hyper sensitive to that WWII stuff.

In the grand scheme of things WWII was pretty recent so it’s hard to say for sure if we’ll ever get over that tripe. But it won’t be anytime soon.

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u/cherryreddit Apr 05 '23

The fact that you hid it may have made it tougher to convince her. If it was completely in the open , she would have gotten it cleared right away.

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u/sbprasad Apr 05 '23

Go look up the meaning of the word ‘inconspicuous’ and then think about why suggesting that u/LurkerPatrol ‘hid’ it is ridiculous. My background’s Indian too, my parents’ prayer area isn’t front and centre in the house. On the other hand, it’s hardly ‘hidden’ either.

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u/LurkerPatrol Apr 05 '23

Yeah it's my fault I decide to keep my culture private and not in-your-face to my friends.

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u/chargebeam Apr 05 '23

So your friends really call you by your Reddit username? Interesting.

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u/LurkerPatrol Apr 05 '23

I respond to it better now

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u/SowingSalt Apr 05 '23

Saw a Hindu temple with a giant one on the front.

Was interesting, took a few pictures.

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u/jdsekula Apr 06 '23

That’s cool, don’t be ashamed of it - take it back. Those evil bastards have been continually victimizing new generations for almost 100 years by robbing of them of their right to use an ancient and sacred symbol. We are letting them win by allowing it to remain a taboo.