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jsmirman

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29. I saw that one on the line running across the top

Reply to Obamanaut (Reply #22)

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 08:23 PM

Feb 2012

and it does not look nearly as similar as the SS symbol looks to the flag they are displaying (the two are identical).

And I would further add that the swastika, itself, was used for different meanings before the Nazis. But you better damn well know its current association with the Nazis if you are going to use the symbol publicly.

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