Ever wonder why the Anon symbols look like swastikas? - Help.com

cause they are huge fan of hitler? (the one who thought of it)

hahah its just an algorithm code to make geometric images.

Roltz [# wrote:
]Hitler did not create the symbol.. the Egyptians did thousands of years before Hitler…

i know curly i am not dumb though it may seem like it.

Roltz [# wrote:
]Hitler did not create the symbol.. the Egyptians did thousands of years before Hitler…

Buddhists used it actually as a symbol of peace. Yes Hitler borrowed the imagery.

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sum wrote:
hahah its just an algorithm code to make geometric images.

Well yeah.. so.. does that mean that Hitler has penetrated algorithm???! OH GOD!!

No Hes in hell …..getting penetrated XD

Because of the Nazis’ flag, the swastika soon became a symbol of hate, antisemitism, violence, death, and murder.

The Oldest Known Symbol

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.

woah woah woah too! good thing u didnt say it! cause i am not yet finished w/ my answers!

The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had positive meanings. What is the history of the swastika? Does it now represent good or evil?

The Oldest Known Symbol

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.

During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:

* China - wan
* England - fylfot
* Germany - Hakenkreuz
* Greece - tetraskelion and gammadion
* India - swastika

Though it is not known for exactly how long, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.

The Original Meaning

The word “swastika” comes from the Sanskrit svastika - “su” meaning “good,” “asti” meaning “to be,” and “ka” as a suffix.

Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings. During World War I, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after World War II.

A Change in Meaning

In the 1800s, countries around Germany were growing much larger, forming empires; yet Germany was not a unified country until 1871. To counter the feeling of vulnerability and the stigma of youth, German nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century began to use the swastika, because it had ancient Aryan/Indian origins, to represent a long Germanic/Aryan history.

By the end of the nineteenth century, the swastika could be found on nationalist German volkisch periodicals and was the official emblem of the German Gymnasts’ League.

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the swastika was a common symbol of German nationalism and could be found in a multitude of places such as the emblem for the Wandervogel, a German youth movement; on Joerg Lanz von Liebenfels’ antisemitic periodical Ostara; on various Freikorps units; and as an emblem of the Thule Society.

Hitler and the Nazis

In 1920, Adolf Hitler decided that the Nazi Party needed its own insignia and flag. For Hitler, the new flag had to be “a symbol of our own struggle” as well as “highly effective as a poster.” (Mein Kampf, pg. 495)

On August 7, 1920, at the Salzburg Congress, this flag became the official emblem of the Nazi Party.

In Mein Kampf, Hitler described the Nazis’ new flag: “In red we see the social idea of the movement, in white the nationalistic idea, in the swastika the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man, and, by the same token, the victory of the idea of creative work, which as such always has been and always will be anti-Semitic.” (pg. 496-497)

Because of the Nazis’ flag, the swastika soon became a symbol of hate, antisemitism, violence, death, and murder.

What Does the Swastika Mean Now?

There is a great debate as to what the swastika means now. For 3,000 years, the swastika meant life and good luck. But because of the Nazis, it has also taken on a meaning of death and hate.

These conflicting meanings are causing problems in today’s society. For Buddhists and Hindus, the swastika is a very religious symbol that is commonly used. Chirag Badlani shares a story about one time when he went to make some photocopies of some Hindu Gods for his temple. While standing in line to pay for the photocopies, some people behind him in line noticed that one of the pictures had a swastika. They called him a Nazi.

Unfortunately, the Nazis were so effective at their use of the swastika emblem, that many do not even know any other meaning for the swastika. Can there be two completely opposite meanings for one symbol?

In ancient times, the direction of the swastika was interchangeable as can be seen on an ancient Chinese silk drawing.

Some cultures in the past had differentiated between the clockwise swastika and the counter-clockwise sauvastika. In these cultures the swastika symbolized health and life while the sauvastika took on a mystical meaning of bad-luck or misfortune.

But since the Nazis use of the swastika, some people are trying to differentiate the two meanings of the swastika by varying its direction - trying to make the clockwise, Nazi version of the swastika mean hate and death while the counter-clockwise version would hold the ancient meaning of the symbol, life and good-luck.

no. history 1900 bleh! =) HAHAHA!

Yay Little Nicky! XD

a cat is always curious. & 4u i’ll always have time

from sun up
to sun down
its roltz forever!

hmn sounds familiar?!

ok fine lol

Have I stumbled upon another date between Roltz and okei! here?

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Have I stumbled upon another date between Roltz and okei! here?

All my posts end up like this!! seriously!! I’ve no idea how it happens!!!

I think she had a eCrush on you dude.

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fractal.scatter wrote:
Have I stumbled upon another date between Roltz and okei! here?

All my posts end up like this!! seriously!! I’ve no idea how it happens!!!

I think she had a eCrush on you dude.

I’m totally going to eCRUSH her to death!! *affix evil laugh here*

Oh man, I think you’re gonna wish you hadn’t said that :S

Nice knowing you :P

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fractal.scatter wrote:
Have I stumbled upon another date between Roltz and okei! here?

All my posts end up like this!! seriously!! I’ve no idea how it happens!!!

I think she had a eCrush on you dude.

I’m totally going to eCRUSH her to death!! *affix evil laugh here*

Oh man, I think you’re gonna wish you hadn’t said that :S

Nice knowing you :P

did i hear u er i mean i read u right?! come again?!

hi fractal! his curls has always been my easy target!

Lolz…. you guys are crazy.

oh btw roltz when u clean d house yesterday, did u mop the floors?! using ur hair?!

okei! wrote:
oh btw roltz when u clean d house yesterday, did u mop the floors?! using ur hair?!

Oooh ooh. Bitchy.

oh hurting for his lover, ur my archrival to him yesterday right, well then, u can hv him. sniff…

okei! wrote:
oh btw roltz when u clean d house yesterday, did u mop the floors?! using ur hair?!

i was just joking. bad joke maybe. and could come off as below the belt. sorry in advance lol =( ur curls are actually my fav.

well they say the more u hate d more u love. so find consolation on that curly *winks* lol

heheh! curlys back w/ a vengeance. check out my song composition. i made that 4u. take note, its an original. oh i should have post it here! LOL

fractal.scatter is quite in love w/ u i think, i can tell.

Lol! Can’t sez as I noticed, Roltz. All the history lessons have been very enlightening though. But you haven’t said. What’s your big conspiracy theory. Simply dying to know:)

lol anon

http://anonimap.info/upload/0d1bcf575…

Anon uses it because some people out of the loop get butthurt at the sight of it and rage. BIG LULZ! A CORRUPTION OF LOL: WHICH STANDS FOR LAUGH OUT LOUD!

LMAO!! That’s quite a theory. So how do we take the BJ down?