Afro - I am aware of that. Like I have said, I was using the swastika to explain how something otherwise innocent can be changed to have evil meaning. Words are just words. The swastika is just a bunch of right angles. It is the meaning we attach to these words and symbols that give them their power, and make them a tool of hate or evil.
A person without knowledge of the history wont see anything inherently evil in a bunch of right angles or the shortening of a nations/people's name.
Other than my last paragraph that you quoted, everything I said was meant to be in general. The entire post was a simple observation on the differing mindsets of people, and how their experiences shape their understanding of the world around them.
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