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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!