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But that wasn't me. I do one thing on a server that wasn't meant to be offensive and I'm branded a white supremacist? For everyone's information, the swastika is not just a logo for Nazi's and the like. It does have other meaning, and seeing as I didn't replicate the one that is used by the Nazi's, I don't see myself as having done wrong.
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Our actions are never perceived in a vacuum; you need to take in to account the context in which people are viewing them. You may well say that the swastika is a Sanskrit symbol, but the entire shape (whether mirror imaged or not) has entered public consciousness as a symbol of fascism and hate.
To put it another way, it would be like me being arrested for walking down the street nude and then declare that I'm paying homage to my African tribal ancestors. Or if I had sex with a 14 year old and then claiming that I had a fondness for Serbia.
All of which is moot, because I firmly believe you did it to get a reaction and intentionally did it in the Sanskrit-style in order to have an excuse to complain (and feel intellectually superiour) about it afterwards.