Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoIs that “Balkenkreuz” beam cross, which was used by Nazis, intentional or not?lemmy.caimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up1-39arrow-down1imageIs that “Balkenkreuz” beam cross, which was used by Nazis, intentional or not?lemmy.caShowroom7561@lemmy.ca to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
Context: The company is German and has been around long enough (120 years) to have seen it used as a hate symbol during WW2.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years agoI appreciate the history lesson. I had no idea that people would take such offence to a funny observation I had about a symbol on a bike saddle. And I don’t think the company is led by nazis, nor do I think they intended for the symbol to look so similar to the one used by nazis. They were using a medical cross before, and this new one looks nothing like a medical cross in my opinion. This post wasn’t meant to be controversial or upsetting, and it seems to have triggered far too many people. I regret posting it.
minus-squareGregorGizeh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAlso of note, the Bundeswehr logo is a slightly different variant of that same symbol, and is in current day use.
I appreciate the history lesson. I had no idea that people would take such offence to a funny observation I had about a symbol on a bike saddle.
And I don’t think the company is led by nazis, nor do I think they intended for the symbol to look so similar to the one used by nazis.
They were using a medical cross before, and this new one looks nothing like a medical cross in my opinion.
This post wasn’t meant to be controversial or upsetting, and it seems to have triggered far too many people. I regret posting it.
Also of note, the Bundeswehr logo is a slightly different variant of that same symbol, and is in current day use.