re: the poop swastika... real or not?

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the symbol wasn't there to represent get to' the Jews. It was a national symbol

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Of course that was its original intent (and actually it was--and still is in some parts of the world--a religious symbol before that).

Symbols acquire meanings/connotations far beyond their original intent over time all the time. Hell, the ubiquitous Christian cross is tantamount to a depiction of a guillotine.

Benign and/or unrelated origins don't mean that a symbol can't acquire very real and sinister other meanings to folks, ijs.