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Poll: Would you ban the Nazi Flag?

Would you ban the Swastica/the Nazi Flag?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 18.9%

  • No

    Votes: 23 62.2%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Don't Know/Other

    Votes: 4 10.8%
  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .
Laika

Laika

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
It's a very simple poll question for you to vote on and debate. Do you believe that the Swastika, the flag of the NSDAP or "Nazi" Party should be banned in the United States (or your own country). The vote is private, you can change your votes if you decide to later and the poll will close after 14 days/two weeks. What do you think on the subject? :)

Edit: Here is a link to a discussion and poll on banning Communist symbols from 2016. (16 out of 18 votes were against such a ban.)
 
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Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Laika said:
It's a very simple poll question for you to vote on and debate. Do you believe that the Swastika, the flag of the NSDAP or "Nazi" Party should be banned in the United States (or your own country). The vote is private, you can change your votes if you decide to later and the poll will close after 14 days/two weeks. What do you think on the subject? :)

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No.

I stand that a free country must include the freedom to express oneself , even if its contradictory to the values of that free country.

To do otherwise would cause one to become the very object one is banning.
 
exchemist

exchemist

Veteran Member
Laika said:
It's a very simple poll question for you to vote on and debate. Do you believe that the Swastika, the flag of the NSDAP or "Nazi" Party should be banned in the United States (or your own country). The vote is private, you can change your votes if you decide to later and the poll will close after 14 days/two weeks. What do you think on the subject? :)

Edit: Here is a link to a discussion and poll on banning Communist symbols from 2016. (16 out of 18 votes were against such a ban.)
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No, it seems to be a solution looking for a problem. Haven't we all got far more important things to worry about?

I think it is time the swastika got reclaimed. It is a very ancient symbol (for the sun?), that I have seen across the Far East in quite politically neutral religious contexts.
 
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Secret Chief

Secret Chief

nirvana is samsara
Twilight Hue said:
If a symbol is banned, and fascists use alternatives, then would schools change the depiction of the actual nazi flag that was being used as well in their history books?
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I don't think that would be possible or even desirable. I'd guess any legislation would frame it around banning types of use currently and in the future.
 
SalixIncendium

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
Swastika is actually a Sanskrit term for an ancient religious symbol that was adopted by the Nazi party for their flag. I frown on banning religious symbols.

The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svastika, meaning "conducive to well-being".[7][8] In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ("sun"), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (卍) is called sauwastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali.[8] In Jainism, a swastika is the symbol for Suparshvanatha – the seventh of 24 Tirthankaras (spiritual teachers and saviours), while in Buddhism it symbolises the auspicious footprints of the Buddha.[8][9][10] In several major Indo-European religions, the swastika symbolises lightning bolts, representing the thunder godand the king of the gods, such as Indra in Vedic Hinduism, Zeus in the ancient Greek religion, Jupiter in the ancient Roman religion, and Thor in the ancient Germanic religion.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
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That said, I think the Nazi flag should be subject to the same governance as the rebel flag. Neither should be banned. People should be free to label themselves bigots.
 
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