[lgrebe]

Regardless of where it originated or what it may have meant in other contexts, it’s been used enough to represent and be associated with the Nazi party and its ideology that today it’s almost universally recognized as a symbol of that history. Regardless of intent, that association is what it communicates.

Given the current rise of fascism around the world, this whole “well, actually, it’s really the Roman salute” discussion feels like a Nebelkerze — a smoke screen that distracts from the symbol’s actual, present-day meaning and function.

[627467]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute

Buddhists didnt erase swastikas from their culture - its odd that others have such mindless reflex to reappropriate symbols

[em-bee]

scouts also used the salute. they likely adopted it from the bellamy salute:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-glass-plate-photograph-o...

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/girls-scouts...

https://www.alamy.com/fine-70s-vintage-black-and-white-lifes...

this last article alleges that the bellamy salute itself was meant to spread national socialist ideology and the police state which is of course absurd, but it has some good historical photos that are worth looking at:

https://rexcurry.net/pledge-of-allegiance-scouting.html

[WarCommons]

Interesting insight, thank you for sharing!

[WarCommons]

Thank you for reading, and it's great to see that you share the exact same conclusion as the article does at the end!