"The student, who identifies as Jewish, stated that he thought placing the swastikas on campus would compel the University to take action in support of the campus Jewish community" - eviltoast
Montclair State student admits to scratching swastikas, anti-Israel words found on campus
www.northjersey.com
The Montclair State University president said the student who reported the incident later admitted to scratching the words and images.
  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    41·
    11 months ago

    Normally I would play devils advocate and agree with you, but when someone explicitly draws/presents a swastika as a swastika… it’s a swastika.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
      6·
      11 months ago

      “Swastika” is the Sanskrit word for the symbol. Hakenkreuz (“hooked cross”) is the German word for a visually similar symbol.

      The Hindu meaning of the symbol is not offensive. It is the German association of the symbol with the Nazi party that is offensive.

      This is the first time I’ve encountered an attempt at de-appropriating the term “swastika” from the Nazis, but it’s not an unreasonable correction.