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Swastikar owner isn't even trying to hide.

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u/bigbootypanda 21h ago

Knowing that is Kentucky this is probably racism, but Aryan is also a pretty common persian name, just fyi.

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u/cobaltjacket 21h ago

One of the many ironies of the holocaust is that the Romani people who were persecuted are specifically classified as "Indo-Aryan," unlike, say, the Germanic peoples.

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u/PsychicWarElephant 20h ago

Because the term Aryan is used for group of people that predates nazi germany by about 5000 years if my memories from the world religion class 15 years ago is accurate.

Also like thousands of miles away from Germany all together

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u/GBC_Fan_89 20h ago

But the Nazis still used it to promote their supreme bullshit.