RE: Teacher suspended for withdrawing rec. letter of student who displayed swasitka
February 10, 2017 at 9:53 pm
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2017 at 9:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 10, 2017 at 9:02 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Without knowing the intent behind the kid making the swastika (the article was pretty thin on this point), I have no way of telling if the punishment is deserved or not. If it was a Nazi swastika and the comments he made were anti-Semitic or pro Nazi, then definitely, pound the message home that bigotry isn't acceptable. It's not like Nazis ever had exclusive use of that symbol though.
Wikipedia Wrote:The swastika (also known outside the Indian subcontinent as the Hakenkreuz, gammadion cross, cross cramponnée, croix gammée, fylfot, or tetraskelion) (as a character 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious symbol originating from the Indian subcontinent, that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross with four legs each bent at 90 degrees.[1][2] It is considered to be a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back at least 11,000 years.[3]Source
LOL..it was a nazi swastika....cmon.........
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