The Official Gosh Darned Biden Thread

[Nay_Sayer]

He said outright he didn't care it was a swastika, "it was cool".

It's that mentality that keeps the Nazi ideology persisting through the 21st century.

IA: Went the "I can't believe a forum with very clear rules about this kind of thing is censoring this very kind of thing" route .

I knew about the N rule but not the swastika one. I was on another atheist forum in the past and a guy had the Indian swastika with the dots around it and it never bothered anyone. The guy that got banned here seems to have had a Bali symbol as his avatar https://i.imgur.com/69vKG6s.png. An Indonesian symbol. Just seems like banning an avatar saying Allahu Akbar. Westerners will think of terrorism when they see this, but Muslims will just think God is great.

Ten years ago, almost no one on any atheist forum cared when N was spelled out. We didn't care about that woke nonsense, and then it took over. Atheism Plus was created, and then Atheism Plus seemed to die out for the most part, but in the end, the woke Atheism Plus ended up winning. We just don't call it that anymore. Rap music is at the top of the charts right now, and the word N is said left and right. It's a normal word in the mainstream of society. It would just be hard to go back to myself ten years ago and think that forums for 'freethinkers' would start censoring words and poetry and art. We turned into the Republicans trying to get rap music banned/censored for being indecent. Just my two cents, but it's cool. The rules are the rules.

I'm aware of the origin of the Swastika or Svastika from India around 500 BCE. In Sneax case, it was simplified Sonnenrad or sun cross. It comes from the same earlier symbol.

The issue isn't that he's admiring Viking culture or Indian Culture. He was deliberate in his avatar choice; For example, he could have gone with the Yggdrasil (tree of life) which is a lot more palatable. It's incredibly unfortunate so many cultures have had their meaningful symbols destroyed.

Not to you directly; If you think a forum saying 'Were not gonna allow known symbols or words of hate here' is censorship or if you're really stupid a violation of your constitutional rights then you need to take a good month or so for a reality check.