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Posted on 01/12/2023 4:24:33 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An electronic billboard in Butler County is upsetting a lot of people.
The billboard along Route 422 in Summit Township features a swastika. People who live in the area say this type of hate and negativity isn't welcome in their community, and they're working to do something about it.
"To me, what's on the sign is just not acceptable, it's hate speech," Heidi Priest said.
The billboard is privately owned and sits on private property. Some people who live in the area said it doesn't represent their community, but they do believe it does represent the need for a deeper conversation.
"I think our community, and patriots in our community, have a responsibility to stand up against hate speech and hateful rhetoric and tell people that it is not acceptable," said Elizabeth Short of the YWCA Butler.
This particular billboard is new, but the controversial content it's displaying is not, which is something that is concerning to organizations actively working to fight hate. KDKA-TV is not showing the image widely considered a hate symbol.
"The impact of that symbol, it really traumatizes not only Jewish people but all minorities," said Sara Scheinbach of the Anti-Defamation League. "That symbol says we do not want Jewish people or minorities in the world."
What's on display and the messages aren't illegal. Because of that, according to the county commission, there's nothing it can do. However, those condemning the billboard say they're now motivated to do what they can to prevent another injection of unnecessary hate.
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That explains why See BS News refused to show the swastika on the billboard. They're protecting fascists not condemning them.
It’s an ancient symbol used in sun worship, which is why it’s so widespread; most likely goes back to the Tower of Babel. It’s even part of the present-day Chinese character set, in right-facing and left-facing forms.
Yep, useless article.
“I think the swastika was intended to associate NAZI Gestapo to our FBI.”
I think there should have been a “bit” of an explanation of why they put the swastika on the sign.
There’s no context even in the link. A fuzzed out image of what looks like a you-know-what with no context.
This is the funniest part of all:
“The impact of that symbol, it really traumatizes not only Jewish people but all minorities,”
I don’t get the impression the speaker is worried about “Jewish people”.
“ There’s no context even in the link.”
Yes. None at all.
I had to google it to find out it was calling FBI a Gestapo.
What??? Not a single “That’s not who we are”?
It’s surprising they didn’t work in an “Out of an abundance of caution” for good measure.
As a shifty jew I am not offended or traumatized by swastikas and female german shepherds named blondi.
“...most likely goes back to the Tower of Babel. It’s even part of the present-day Chinese character set...”
That is most interesting!
So, is that why the Nazis/Hitler picked it? Because of its enduring global status as a symbol?
What did it mean to them? Of course I always think its from the Z in Nazi, but I also think that just me being like a 4 year old, which I am in a lot of ways.
That billboard content is OK by me, although I think it is kind of racist putting it in a “field” along the highway just to insult Negroes and migrant fruit harvesters.
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It’s a wheel; it symbolizes revolution, rolling forward. That’s why the national Socialists picked it.
It was also a Native American, Hindu, Buddhist and in many other cultures. It used to be common in advertising and meant “Good Luck.”
“”One of the oldest symbols made by humans, the swastika dates back some 6,000 years to rock and cave paintings. Scholars generally agree it originated in India. With the emergence of the Sanskrit language came the term ‘swastika’, a combination of ‘su’, or good, and ‘asti’, to be; in other words, well-being.”
From Wikipedia:
“The swastika was a widely used Native American symbol. It was used by many southwestern tribes, most notably the Navajo. Among different tribes the swastika carried various meanings. To the Hopi it represented the wandering Hopi clans; to the Navajo it represented a whirling log ( tsil no’oli’ ), a sacred image representing a legend that was used in healing rituals.
“The history of the swastika goes back to the origins of the Eurasian Continent. The swastika is an important symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, among others, and was also used in Native American and Jewish faiths prior to World War II. By the early twentieth century it was regarded worldwide as symbol of good luck and auspiciousness.”
I can’t post images from my phone, so here is a link to a photo of a Native American basketball team.
https://images.app.goo.gl/j1vPhGN8cVHUiAWt6
Well, it sure brought the real nazis out of the woodwork.
Spot on another item schools fail to teach.
I.
Don’t.
Care.
Bush is a Nazi. Trump is literally Hitler. I’m a fascist.
So says the communist (compare their platform to the internal policies of the USSR) Democrat Party.
Like “racist”,”sexist”, and “homophobe”, “Nazi” has been turned into a meaningless dirty word.
Good post—I was about to say I guess the locals don’t like Hindus.
LOL!
Definitely a bunch of “aryan pure supermen”.
Not.
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