Current Events > Shoppers PROTEST a vendor selling a SWASTIKA BLANKET!!

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Except it was actually a Native American, antique blanket

http://archive.is/Qpn9X

The swastika is a widely despised symbol that instills fear and terror. It is also a sacred, centuries-old symbol found in the Hindu and Buddhist religions and American Indian culture; the Navajo call it the rolling log.

But with the swastikas ancient origins overshadowed by its prominent use in Nazi Germany, four browsers at the Aug. 13 Urban Flea Market in Salt Lake City were furious to see it prominently featured on what was purported to be a Navajo blanket.

Michael Sanders, who organizes the monthly event at 600 South between Main Street and West Temple, said he reacted immediately when he received complaints about Nazi paraphernalia being sold at the market.

We dont allow items like that to be sold, Sanders said. We went to look, and I know antiques and I knew exactly what it was when I saw it a Native blanket with a rolling-log motif.

Sanders said it wouldnt have been right to ask the vendor to pull the product because it would be like saying Native American culture was bad.

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene, said Sanders, who was later harassed on social-media over the blanket. Then the vendor decided to pull it....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnrvDS7yvS0
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is posting like duckbear the new tide pods thing
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Louder with Crowder lol

Shut the fuck up SMAL
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not even the same swastika smh
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Swastika was actually a symbol for...I don't remember what it was for but basically Nazis ruined it for everyone.

What I'm saying is: 99% of the population will think about Nazi Germany when they see a swastika, but the swastika itself isn't necessarily a Nazi symbol.
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Shut the fuck up SMAL

Don't they still openly use the swastika in Japan, with its old meaning from the past (no link to the Nazis)? Not that I know what it is...
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flat_tyre posted...

Don't they still openly use the swastika in Japan, with its old meaning from the past (no link to the Nazis)? Not that I know what it is...

The swastika is pretty much used all around Asia for thousands of years or something.
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zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

Zikten posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

They also support cultural appropriation of the Native American symbol.
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flat_tyre posted...

Don't they still openly use the swastika in Japan, with its old meaning from the past (no link to the Nazis)? Not that I know what it is...

in japan it's used on maps to mark locations of buddhist temples. if you look at a city map you will notice them

The Finnish airforce still uses a swastika in their flags.

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Foppe posted...

The Finnish airforce still uses a swastika in their flags.

Neat. What significance does that flag have in Finland?
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Eh, the Manji is still used in Asia.
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A friend of mine just visited India, he said swastikas were extremely commonplace. One morning he woke up and there were swastikas painted on all the doors for some kind of holiday
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zH0mPfR posted...

Foppe posted...

The Finnish airforce still uses a swastika in their flags.

Neat. What significance does that flag have in Finland?

It is pretty important.
Military flags contains it, which are used in parades and nobody got any problems with it.
Finland started to use it before the Nazi existed, and it has always been a part of the Finnish freedom.
Heck, the neo-nazis doesnt even use the Swastika in Finland, they use an old Norse rune instead.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/does_finland_need_its_swastikas/9865204
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Foppe posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

Foppe posted...

The Finnish airforce still uses a swastika in their flags.

Neat. What significance does that flag have in Finland?

It is pretty important.
Military flags contains it, which are used in parades and nobody got any problems with it.
Finland started to use it before the Nazi existed, and it has always been a part of the Finnish freedom.
Heck, the neo-nazis doesnt even use the Swastika in Finland, they use an old Norse rune instead.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/does_finland_need_its_swastikas/9865204

Cool and interesting. :)
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eston posted...

A friend of mine just visited India, he said swastikas were extremely commonplace. One morning he woke up and there were swastikas painted on all the doors for some kind of holiday

It stands for good luck when clockwise. Counterclockwise like the swastika however....
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We need to take the swastika back.
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fenderbender321 posted...

I really hope you don't have kids and pass on your pussy ass genes and make the species weaker overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0SK8I449nc
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another nazi-related topic from TC, i wonder what's his goal.
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FreshOverlord posted...

Swastika was actually a symbol for...I don't remember what it was for but basically Nazis ruined it for everyone.

What I'm saying is: 99% of the population will think about Nazi Germany when they see a swastika, but the swastika itself isn't necessarily a Nazi symbol.

It's actually appeared in a ton of cultures all over the world. The whole, "Swastika actually means ... " argument is bullshit because it meant different things to different people. At it's base, it's a sun symbol, a sort of solar cycle pattern. People will also try and argue about the directionality, which is also bullshit, since Nazis had Swastikas that went both directions, and so did any other group that used it.

The groups that used it are pretty far-reaching; the Celts, the Germanic people, Hindus, Buddhists, and apparently Navajo. Still, I understand the confusion and given the fact that we literally have morons walking around promoting that bullshit ideology nowadays despite 80 years of experience as to why it's fucking stupid, I can understand people's frustration. That doesn't justify riotous behavior or continued anger after the explanation, but it certainly is a contentious subject and I think it's pretty clear why some people might be upset.

Ricemills posted...

another nazi-related topic from TC, i wonder what's his goal.

this isn't about nazis at all. read the article and stop being racist to native americans

some people really need to defend the nazis huh.
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Ricemills posted...

some people really need to defend the nazis huh.

you either still haven't read the actual story, or you hate native americans

sometimes i wonder why people who openly defends nazis always afraid to admit that they are nazi sympathizers.
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Ricemills posted...

sometimes i wonder why people who openly defends nazis always afraid to admit that they are nazi sympathizers.

sometimes I wonder why some people are so hateful of Native American culture, even after everything the native americans have suffered through. haven't you done enough to them?

LightHawKnight posted...

It stands for good luck when clockwise. Counterclockwise like the swastika however....

Bad luck?
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Ricemills posted...

sometimes i wonder why people who openly defends nazis always afraid to admit that they are nazi sympathizers.

Dude, I hate Nazis with a passion, but read the fucking story.

Dash_Harber posted...

Ricemills posted...

sometimes i wonder why people who openly defends nazis always afraid to admit that they are nazi sympathizers.

Dude, I hate Nazis with a passion, but read the fucking story.

i did.
and as i was saying in my first post in this topic, TC is known to make nazi related topics.
also you cant use "its native american" to defy that this is not nazi-related, because the protesters thought it was nazi's swastika. so yes, it is nazi related even though no nazis involved except the sympathizers in the topic.
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The people who use that symbol should check their privilege. #MAGA
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Ricemills posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

Ricemills posted...

sometimes i wonder why people who openly defends nazis always afraid to admit that they are nazi sympathizers.

Dude, I hate Nazis with a passion, but read the fucking story.

i did.
and as i was saying in my first post in this topic, TC is known to make nazi related topics.
also you cant use "its native american" to defy that this is not nazi-related, because the protesters thought it was nazi's swastika. so yes, it is nazi related even though no nazis involved except the sympathizers in the topic.

this sounds like victim blaming. you are giving power to the protestors that they dont' deserve. just cause some idiots complained doesn't validate their beliefs. As soon as they got the explantion of what the symbol was, they all should have shut the fuck up and gone home

Zikten posted...

Ricemills posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

Ricemills posted...

sometimes i wonder why people who openly defends nazis always afraid to admit that they are nazi sympathizers.

Dude, I hate Nazis with a passion, but read the fucking story.

i did.
and as i was saying in my first post in this topic, TC is known to make nazi related topics.
also you cant use "its native american" to defy that this is not nazi-related, because the protesters thought it was nazi's swastika. so yes, it is nazi related even though no nazis involved except the sympathizers in the topic.

this sounds like victim blaming. you are giving power to the protestors that they dont' deserve. just cause some idiots complained doesn't validate their beliefs. As soon as they got the explantion of what the symbol was, they all should have shut the fuck up and gone home

yes they should.
doesnt change the fact that TC posts nazi-related topics tho.
also the fact that the nazi sympathizers will defend this with "its not about nazis!" crap.
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Zikten posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

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Waluigi7 posted...

Zikten posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

those people do it all the time to their enemies. so it's fair to do it to them when they are in the wrong

Zikten posted...

Waluigi7 posted...

Zikten posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

those people do it all the time to their enemies. so it's fair to do it to them when they are in the wrong

Who are you referring to when you say 'those people'?
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Waluigi7 posted...

Zikten posted...

Waluigi7 posted...

Zikten posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

those people do it all the time to their enemies. so it's fair to do it to them when they are in the wrong

Who are you referring to when you say 'those people'?

SJW's

Zikten posted...

Waluigi7 posted...

Zikten posted...

Waluigi7 posted...

Zikten posted...

zH0mPfR posted...

But four vocal activists continued to angrily demand the blanket be removed.

They started screaming Nazi and white supremacist and cursing at the vendor; they made a big scene,

in other words they were racist. these people are hateful of native american culture. they should be harrased over the internet until they lose their jobs. it's only fair

those people do it all the time to their enemies. so it's fair to do it to them when they are in the wrong

Who are you referring to when you say 'those people'?

SJW's

What makes you think these people are SJWs?
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who else would scream and rant and froth at the mouth in a small farmer's market thing, and even after they get told that it's not a swastika, they just plug their ears and keep ranting?

Zikten posted...

who else would scream and rant and froth at the mouth in a small farmer's market thing, and even after they get told that it's not a swastika, they just plug their ears and keep ranting?

Plenty of people. You just wanted to stick it to liberals though, like in every topic.
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The points are in the incorrect direction to be a swastika! Are they saying all symbols like that look alike?

Sybolists!
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I got a post deleted because I apparently was offensive to sjw's. This is pretty hilarious because I didn't actually say anything that was not true and I'm not the one saying racist things.

Zikten posted...

I got a post deleted because I apparently was offensive to sjw's. This is pretty hilarious because I didn't actually say anything that was not true and I'm not the one saying racist things.

Who said anything racist?
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the people in the story. when told it was not a swastika but a native american symbol, the protestors doubled down and ranted and demanded that a native american cultural symbol be removed just cause they think it looks like a swastika. if you are told it's not a swastika and you insist on still screaming about it, that makes you racist against native americans.