White Supremicist Tattoo?
Is that Iron Cross on Buck's right shoulder a racist symbol? Hope not.
shareThe symbol goes back to knights of the Middle Ages, and it is one of many old symbols that have been appropriated by supremacists who have real claim to them. Another is the hammer of Thor. Racists who wear the symbols are mostly "borrowing" heritage they don't have. The iron cross is frequently seen on the bands and fans of heavy metal music. That doesn't make them nazi any more than all the skulls and monsters and so on make them serial killers or otherwise bad people. It's just fashion. These symbols don't make a very strong statement because many people don't even know the story behind them. On the other hand, a swastika is a swastika is a swastika, the epitome of racist symbols.
Except the swastica isn't a racist symbol. That symbol has been used for hundreds of years by Hindu and the Chinese as a symbol of peace and I believe prosperity. Hitler just borrowed it.
Same goes for the eagle he uses. Took that from the Romans.
What a symbol means is determined by context. This appears to be a symbol of white supremacy until it's proven otherwise due to context.
Nope, he took the eagle from the country he was born in, Austria.
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