Instagram filter is causing an uproar due to swastika

[milotic2]

Facebook postAn Instagram filter has been causing controversy lately. “Old School,” which gives the appearance that the user’s skin is covered in tattoos, including a swastika

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[bellwetherr]

jesus fucking christ

[invisiblegirlx]

They use that symbol to represent Buddhist temples on tourist maps in Japan. Not be a good idea to use it outside the Asian market tho...

[spellmanian]

Having Googled it, there are MANY different interpretations of this symbol, they could have chosen one that didn't look like a Nazi symbol.

[spellmanian]

Also it's apparently still used today by neo-nazis in Russia? Sooo questionable

[jeff_koons]

All that imagery is being used by post Soviet neo nazis on the daily basis, especially Kolovrat

[sluttyroyals]

Were there no other symbols to use? I understand it’s an auspicious symbol in many religious practices but to market this on a platform used widely by westerners is a terrible idea. Like it’s terrible that the symbolism is tainted by nazism but i feel like even in Russia, it would be picked up negatively by others.

[potter_lover456]

How is she using "a Slavic symbol" as an excuse when it's depicted on a Native American man's headdress? The culture that very notably chose to no longer use the symbol due to its use in Germany?

Throw the whole filter and designer out.