A lot of people who rock the three arrows nowadays at least seem to be on the level, but I think it is a terrible choice of symbol considering its historical baggage.
Trying to take the symbol away doesn't even make sense because it's not like claiming a slur where it removes much of it's power. It's literally just a symbol that means "don't trust this person they will pretend to be an ally but aren't actually, stay away" when viewed by a leftist. Trying to get leftists to use the symbol makes it less useful because then it's harder to distinguish between friend and foe.
Their original meaning was "we are social democrats who are against fascism." This meaning lasted a matter of months before it became, "we are social democrats who are against fascism, monarchism, and communism." Literally. That is the history. It's not some long-standing symbol that had communist roots and then was coopted by liberals or anything. It was designed by liberals for liberal use.
OP is incorrect. The three arrows were designed by the German Social Democrats in the 1930s to counter the Communists, Nazis and Libs and be a symbol for their own para military group. Only in Austria did they briefly loose their association with anti communism. The design's function was to be easily painted over a swastika with a brush on any wall.
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The meaning of symbols change over time, %90 of the time it is just used to represent antfascism now
That's only in the US
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A lot of people who rock the three arrows nowadays at least seem to be on the level, but I think it is a terrible choice of symbol considering its historical baggage.
Trying to take the symbol away doesn't even make sense because it's not like claiming a slur where it removes much of it's power. It's literally just a symbol that means "don't trust this person they will pretend to be an ally but aren't actually, stay away" when viewed by a leftist. Trying to get leftists to use the symbol makes it less useful because then it's harder to distinguish between friend and foe.
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Their original meaning was "we are social democrats who are against fascism." This meaning lasted a matter of months before it became, "we are social democrats who are against fascism, monarchism, and communism." Literally. That is the history. It's not some long-standing symbol that had communist roots and then was coopted by liberals or anything. It was designed by liberals for liberal use.
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OP is incorrect. The three arrows were designed by the German Social Democrats in the 1930s to counter the Communists, Nazis and Libs and be a symbol for their own para military group. Only in Austria did they briefly loose their association with anti communism. The design's function was to be easily painted over a swastika with a brush on any wall.
It was used by the SPD in their propaganda to denounce communists.