• anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Even then, I think religious symbols being national symbols and therefore on national flags and tanks is inherently bad.

    • Ice@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The davids star is both a religious and cultural symbol - and sticking those on flags is pretty normal.

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        The swastika is also both a religious and cultural symbol. But after it got put on a nation’s flag, it was deemed a hate symbol. So it will also be for the star of David, and Jewish culture will be all the poorer for the appropriation of their traditions by the zionists.

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      2 days ago

      fair enough, but I’ll point out that having a religious symbol on your national flag is basically par for the course in the middle east.

      • Genius@lemmy.zip
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        In Europe, however, the most prominent example of a religious symbol on a flag is the swastika. And Israel argued that it should be allowed into Eurovision because it’s culturally European.