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Originally Posted by thinkx
its a nazi sign yes, the white power movement uses it, just like the 3 knives sign, its a ruine yes, just like the swastika is was used way before hitler even heard of it. thing is, these ppl put pics on their profile with nazi associated signs.
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What I am saying is that it is like calling the koran a terrorist manual. It is not a nazi sign, although some may use it in such a way. The swastika is different since it was specifically adopted by the nazi party, and thus is tied (in Western society) to have this association. But I think it is quite offensive to think of the Celtic Cross like this "the cross sign in the bottom right is something racist or nazi i think, white power or some shit". The Celtic Cross is not racist, and it should not be assumed as such. As a liberal person would you tell a muslim his koran is a terrorist manual? no. So I think you should extend the same courtesy here by avoiding to referring to the Celtic Cross as being racist. If anything (and I just noticed this) you could of mentioned the American History X image in that picture for your grounds on assuming he was a neo-Nazi, not the fucking Celtic Cross.
I understand your logic, but you have to step back and look on this in the same way you would treat other such issues (such as instances where historic Jewish symbols (say the Star of David), or Islamic symbols (the Cresent) are used by similar such groups).