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by MattConfluence 2367 days ago
> To me this is almost equally offensive as a swastika.

This seems quite ignorant of history coming from a Norwegian. The red "santa hat" was a symbol of resistance during WWII, so much that it was actually banned by the Nazis/collaborator government for a time.

Wikipedia article in Norwegian, try an automatic translation service if you're interested in reading: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisselue#Nisselue_som_norsk_sy...