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— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) February 24, 2022
In 2022, the one thing the whole world can agree upon is that there are Nazis under every bed.
Trudeau accuses Conservative MPs of standing with 'people who wave swastikas' | CBC News https://t.co/ZqwhZSb7zv @JPTasker #cdnpoli
— Hannah Thibedeau (@HannahThibedeau) February 17, 2022
When Xi invades Taiwan, he’ll probably declare he had to do it to root out Chinese Taipei’s Nazis.
When Egypt and Sudan jointly bomb the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, they’ll announce they are fighting the Water Nazis.
When China invades Indian-controlled Ladakh high in the Himalayas, Xi will declare that he had to do it because he had learned that Hindus like swastikas.
On the other hand, modern multiculturalism is making even anti-Nazism complicated. For instance, from The Print:
Don’t conflate Swastika with Hakenkreuz: US-based Hindu group to Canadian PM Trudeau & Jagmeet Singh
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16 February, 2022 12:00 pm ISTWashington, Feb 16 (PTI) A prominent US-based Hindu organisation has urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian-origin leader Jagmeet Singh not to conflate the “Swastika”, an ancient and auspicious symbol for Hindus with the “Hakenkreuz”, a 20th century Nazi symbol of hate.
Amidst massive protests by hundreds of truck drivers against Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions, New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh tweeted, “Swastikas and Confederate flags have no place in Canada.
“We have a responsibility to make our communities safe for everyone — it’s time to ban hate symbols in Canada. Together, we can make sure hate is given no space to take hold and no air to breathe,” Singh wrote on February 2.
Both Trudeau and Singh have made statements in the recent past, accusing protesters of “waving Swastikas”.
Reacting to this, the HinduPACT (Hindu Policy Research and Advocacy Collective) has urged Trudeau and Singh not to conflate the “Swastika”, an ancient and auspicious symbol for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and many indigenous communities around the world, with the “Hakenkreuz”, a 20th century Nazi symbol of hate.
“We believe this misrepresentation will lead to hate crimes against Hindus and Sikhs. In the past month alone, six Hindu temples were vandalised and looted in Canada,” said Utsav Chakrabarti, executive director of HinduPACT.
So, make sure you conduct your anti-Nazi kinetic actions in a culturally sensitive fashion.
