Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoIs that “Balkenkreuz” beam cross, which was used by Nazis, intentional or not?lemmy.caimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down145file-text
arrow-up1-35arrow-down1imageIs that “Balkenkreuz” beam cross, which was used by Nazis, intentional or not?lemmy.caShowroom7561@lemmy.ca to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
Context: The company is German and has been around long enough (120 years) to have seen it used as a hate symbol during WW2.
minus-squareWaldhuette@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe saddle literally has Medicus in its name and written on the product but yes surely the cross is not associated with medicine but with the Nazis. Op is a bit trigger happy and looking to be offended.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoAs posted previously, they changed the symbol from a more traditional medical cross to this WW2 Nazi emblem cross. I’m not offended, nor do I intend to offend. I thought it was funny. Sheesh.
minus-squareWaldhuette@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoDude stop calling it a WW2 Nazi cross unless you want to call the current German military also Nazis for using the Balkenkreuz. Please go educate yourself before you make such wild claims.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago Dude stop calling it a WW2 Nazi cross I’ve merely pointed out that Nazis used it on pretty much every military vehicle, more so than swastikas. unless you want to call the current German military also Nazis for using the Balkenkreuz. Does this look remotely similar to you?? In any case, it was a post I made from a funny observation. You can calm down now. It’s really not that important.
The saddle literally has Medicus in its name and written on the product but yes surely the cross is not associated with medicine but with the Nazis.
Op is a bit trigger happy and looking to be offended.
As posted previously, they changed the symbol from a more traditional medical cross to this WW2 Nazi emblem cross.
I’m not offended, nor do I intend to offend. I thought it was funny. Sheesh.
Dude stop calling it a WW2 Nazi cross unless you want to call the current German military also Nazis for using the Balkenkreuz.
Please go educate yourself before you make such wild claims.
I’ve merely pointed out that Nazis used it on pretty much every military vehicle, more so than swastikas.
Does this look remotely similar to you??
In any case, it was a post I made from a funny observation. You can calm down now. It’s really not that important.