Way back when many were fighting the attempt to continue flying the Confederate flag over the South Carolina state capitol, it came to me: If those opposing the flag would stop resisting...would change their minds...they could accept the flag as simply the so-called red flag that inspired the Union to win the war over slavery. Accepting the flag releases the resistance. Having nobody and nothing to resist, the other side could then think of the flag however they chose. Both sides could let the flag wave free.
The same is true of the swastika which started out in life, among other things, as a good-luck charm, as a religious symbol found in Navajo art, as a prized symbol among many other peoples of the world.
A flag is simply a piece of cloth; a swastika is just a sign; whatever our momentary nemesis, by our thinking, we bring the symbology, the reason to resist. By our willingness, we can change our minds...for that is all that is needed to begin.
Thank you.
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