Someone please explain this to me.
There has got to be some reasonable explanation as to why a “person of color” is sporting a swastika on his shirt.
The only thing I can come up with is that he is a foreign exchange student from some small village in Mubibia (I made that country up) and his sponsor family are a bunch of smart-asses.
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February 11th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Well he looks Indian to me and not African American (like your tags suggested), so he might be Hindu. And in Hinduism the right facing swastika represents Pravritti (the evolution of the universe). You’ll find this swastika symbol all over Hindu temples, altars, and other iconography.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
This may be a bit of a stretch but my Indian friend tells me the swastika is actually a sign of peace in India, so maybe this person thinks what he’s wearing is acceptable, although the thing on his shirt is definitely a Nazi swastika. Wish I could read the printing on the sign to his right to see what language it’s in.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I don’t want to make excuses for Nazis and such but the Swastika is a much older symbol than the 1930s Nazi movement makes you believe. While the meaning of the symbol is tarnished for the next century or so you shouldn’t believe all uses of the symbol have to have Nazi associations. Do a
Google search on Swastika and you’ll find out about the other, less known, meanings.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
“Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. An ancient symbol, it occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area; sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol. It has long been widely used in major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
The swastika was appropriated as a Nazi symbol and gained further association with the Third Reich as the Reich gained influence. Though once commonly used over much of the world without stigma, over time the symbol has become a controversial motif, especially in the Western world.
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Do research before silly commentaries…
February 11th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
The swastika is a religious symbol that predates the Nazi party by 3000 years and has been used by different religions around the world, from various native american tribes to the ancient Egyptians.
For the young man in the picture I’m guessing that he is hindu and it a good luck symbol.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am
dumbass, the swastika was adopted (stolen) by hitler and the nazis from hindu culture. look it up on the internet before posting such retarded generalizations. also, the nazi swastika isn’t slanted like this one.
February 12th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Doy. The guy looks more like he’s from India, which would make lots of sense because Hindus, Buddhists, Jainists, and others use this symbol. It has to do with eternity, harmony, evolution, and other stuff depending on who is using it. The swastika predates Nazi use by roughly ten thousand years.
But it’s all right here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
I shouldn’t have to tell folks this.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:32 am
I’m surprised you don’t know about the religious significance of this symbol in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
Depending on the country he was in at the time of the photo, this t-shirt could be quite innocent. Not everyone in the world views the swastika the way we do in the west.
February 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
The swastika existed long before it was adopted as a symbol of Nazis. Swastikas have significance in many religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism as well as many Asian cultures.
February 12th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
The Nazi swastika is actually just an inversion of an ancient Hindu symbol that means eternity.
February 12th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Actually Hitler and the Nazis did not steal this from the Hindu they stole it from the Norse. Numerous symbols employed by the Nazis (Swastikas and the symbol for the SS are just two of them) come from the Norse runes and Norse iconography.
As was indicated in this case I believe the individual in question is Hindu and they also utilize the same symbol so it makes sense although the symbol on a white circular background superimposed on a red shirt does remind one of the Nazi flag.
February 12th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
ZOMG He’s a NAZI
February 12th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Even if it is innocent, the odd thing is that it’s in a white circle on a red background, which is the exact design of the nazi version.
February 12th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
That’s not the hindu swastika. That’s a Nazi flag on a T-shirt. Look at the orientation of the swastika, the circle around it, and the red background. That’s all nazi iconography.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
The guy in pic is not wearing it as a Hindu symbol or for luck. The guy who posted is shallow in general knowledge. The commenters have no idea about Indians (affluent, educated indians,). They (including me) ‘ll use any excuse to do the unlimited.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:02 am
I like how no one guessed he might just be wearing it to be a jack ass. Maybe he has a a since of humor and thought it’d be funny for a person of color to wear a swastika.
February 13th, 2008 at 8:02 am
As cool as it is that there’s so many people who know about the original meaning of the swastika… Come on! It’s a Nazi symbol in this case– Tilted, on a white circle, on a red background. Look up any image of the Nazi-specific swastika, and *boom!* It’s this guy’s shirt.
Now I’m confused…
February 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Face it: the Nazis stole the swastika from the world (with all the peaceful, spiritual meanings associated with it, and replaced them with messages of fascism, hate, and genocide). We’re not getting it back. It’s a Nazi symbol now, so don’t make a bunch of excuses. Also, don’t wear red shoelaces in your Doc Martens, or red suspenders, and flight jackets “because you like the way it looks.” And don’t make some lame excuse about how “it doesn’t mean THAT to ME” because it does to everyone else, fucker.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
That picture happens to be taken in Singapore. Why? Because of the orient lady in the background and the shopping centre looks very familiar to me. Couldn’t resist leaving a comment since he is mistaken for a African nationality.
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feefifoto Says:
This may be a bit of a stretch but my Indian friend tells me the swastika is actually a sign of peace in India, so maybe this person thinks what he’s wearing is acceptable, although the thing on his shirt is definitely a Nazi swastika.
Definitely a Nazi’s swastika cause the Hindu’s Swastika must be an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing or left-facing forms. And the language on the equipment is Chinese.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Everyone has pretty much told the truth. The “Swastica” is the sign for peace in India. Hitler just took it and turned it.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:48 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HinduSwastika.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg
that’s a nazi swastika, fuckwits.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:48 am
It’s most likely an ironic joke.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:55 am
The language in the sign is most diffidently Hindi. I can’t read it because of the low quality picture.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Generic comment thats been repeated about 15 times about how dumb the poster is for not taking into account alternate meanings of the symbol to make myself feel smarter!!! Its been said; we know, shut up.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am
“that guy” Yes it’s a popular symbol to mean Nazi here the western world, but many countries still believe in it as a sign of peace, and no one can take that from them, not you or the Nazis. Because you know what, YOUR NOT EVERYONE, YOU ARE JUST SOME SAD FUCKER SPENDING HIS LIFE AT THE COMPUTER LIKE A LITTLE BITCH.
February 15th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Even if he is Indian, he should still get his ass kicked. The people in India, or for that matter everyone all over the world, knows what it means here in the west, so wear your shit symbols, in your little back water country and wake up to yourself. Fuck it being some symbol for peace, it aint anymore peckerheads. I don`t walk around down town Mumbai with a t-shirt saying “tendulker is a fuckwit” do I, even if i want to, thats just asking for it, and so is this. Ya bone heads pack of nerds.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
You are all right in some respects.
In this picture he is presenting the Nazi version of the symbol, but in reality he is wearing the Hindu version, the mirror effect is captured by the camera. Also the guy is obviously a tool and being used to present some sort of message.
Thus he fails, at everything.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
or maybe he’s a nazi. shit. hitler didn’t even fit his own criteria for the perfect race.
February 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
HAI GUISE
HAS ANYONE SAID THAT THE SWASTIKA ISNT ALWAYS A SYMBOL OF NAZIS YET.
CUZ IT ISNT
JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS SAID IT YET
February 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Well, I’m positive that at least some cultures that used the swastika before the Nazis took it still use it now, so it still might be for luck.
It’s definitely a Nazi shirt, which could mean a couple of things:
1. The historical group called the Aryans (as opposed to the Nazi Aryans) were Indian. He may be using it in that sense. This is very unlikely, he’d have to be very smart and a little crazy.
2. He’s being funny/sarcastic. This is probable.
3. He’s intentionally ignoring the Nazi meaning of the shirt and using it as a Hindu swastika. Also probable.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
You’re all fucktards.
February 16th, 2008 at 12:38 am
the poster like 2 posts above me…..you are the worst! ahahaha
Let’s real quick clarify where exactly “here in the western world” is. would that encompass the united states, germany, russia, japan, italy, great britain? only a handful of nations spread across the globe who were directly involved in Nazi conflict and would have pretty close knowledge to the most (in)famous use of the swastika symbol? do you think there are too many people in the world who have ever used a computer in their life or have ever had their picture taken who don’t know about Hitler or the significance of the Nazi symbol, the swastika? Nah.
there are going to be very few if any countries who would ever dare use that symbol again as a sign of peace due to the intense stigmata associated with it. even if this kid in this picture thinks he’s innocent and just wearing an indian peace sign on his chest, he is also auto-educated enough to have known that the symbol is much more commonly known as an anti-jew beacon. if this kid is posing for a digital camera pic inside of a supermarket then yeah, he’s heard of nazis, he knows what the fuck he’s doing.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I for one, welcome our new Hindu-Nazi Overlords!
February 17th, 2008 at 4:13 am
This guy is obviously a sick nazi - i mean look at the evil grin he has. Who in their right mind wears nazi clothing if they’re not a nazi? I find it strange that he’s a nazi because he’s coloured so maybe he just doesn’t like jews?
February 17th, 2008 at 4:55 am
It’s a fucking picture, stop going psychotic about it.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
zero-kill, are you saying the camera captured “a mirror effect” of his shirt? reconsider whether cameras actually reverse images.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:29 am
It doesn’t matter where the swastika originated, this kid is wearing the Nazi swastika. Counter clockwise in a white circle on a red ground? I challenge any of you to find that on an ancient Hindu temple.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:30 am
OP got pwned
February 21st, 2008 at 9:26 am
I decided to “translate” this image a bit.
There are a lot of different cultures that use the swastika, most taking the meaning of it to be Peace and Longevity. Here is a link to what that image means tot he person waring it
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1989/bnzmj9.jpg
February 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
In Buddism the swastica is an ancient symbol of good luck,I is the germans who made it into what you are thinking.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Yeah, that guy’s Indian, and might not know he’s wearing the wrong swastika. Kind of a funny picture though
February 26th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
before the nazis “hijacked” the swastika, it was widely used as a symbol of peace, worldwide. It was the emblem on a canadian ice hockey team, a worldwide, popular symbol for buddhism, and several people wore necklaces with a swastika on them to bring “good luck to all they meet” as the tradition goes
it may have been said already, but theres quite a lot to go through so im not sure
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 am
He’s Hindu asshole. Take the picture down and find some other idiot to clown on. (like me!) Before you post something, maybe look into it a little. I really liked the site here until I saw this picture. I thought you were smartasses with attitudes, turns out your dumbasses with attitudes….
March 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
GUYZ I THINK JEFF IS TOTALLY RITE.
LETS KEEP ARGUING TO MAKE OURSELVEZZ FEEL BETTER KAY?!
March 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
okay in this case, you are the dumbass….and the first person i have ever come across who didn’t know the significance of the right facing swastika
March 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I’d like to mention that there is a cafe in India called “Hitler’s Cross” and has the swastika as it’s cross symbol at the restaurant. you can check out the article about it here… http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/24/sports/fuhrer.php
So, the guy could have gotten the shirt from the cafe and still an idiot for not realizing the negative history behind the symbol
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
He might be a Jain. The flag of that religion features a swastika, as do many of its prominent images.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
“Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. An ancient symbol, it occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol. It has long been widely used in major world religions such as Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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The swastika was appropriated as a Nazi symbol and gained further association with the Third Reich as the Reich gained influence. Though once commonly used over much of the world without stigma, over time the symbol has become a controversial motif in the Western world, while remaining a sacred symbol in other parts.
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(”remains a sacred symbol in other parts”)
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Jainism gives even more prominence to the swastika than does Hinduism. It is a symbol of the seventh Jina (Saint), the Tirthankara Suparsva. In the Svetambar Jain tradition, it is also one of the symbols of the ashta-mangalas. It is considered to be one of the 24 auspicious marks and the emblem of the seventh arhat of the present age. All Jain temples and holy books must contain the swastika and ceremonies typically begin and end with creating a swastika mark several times with rice around the altar.
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Jains use rice to make a swastika (also known as “Sathiyo” in the state of Gujarat, India) in front of idols in a temple. Jains then put an offering on this swastika, usually a ripe or dried fruit, a sweet (mithai), or a coin or currency note. In 2001, India issued a 100-rupee coin to commemorate the 2600th anniversary of the birth of Mahavir, the 24th and last Jainist Tirthankara; the design includes a swastika.”
(even in 2001 sections of India are putting out coins with swastikas on them… If he is from there, you think he thinks a tee shirt is bad? He probably thinks it a joke, albeit one in very poor taste, as I can’t believe he is naive to its meaning in a lot of the world.
Then again, he could be a muslim who hates jews…
April 16th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Hey Dumbasses…. it DOESN’T MATTER how old the symbol is or what it “really means”. The NAZIS kind of ruined that for everyone.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
You idiot. Swastikas are a part of Hindu religion that was stolen by the Nazis - who believed the master ‘Aryan’ race brought them to the old civilization of India in ancient times.
May 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
or he’s just being ironic
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I think the person who posted this should be pictured here instead. Dumbass!!!
June 26th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
What an ignorant post.
July 14th, 2008 at 2:42 am
卐 - the symbol
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
You’re pretty ign’ant.