heydaralon wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:24 pm
Would Hanarchy view a high school National Socialist club and teacher Ally sticker as divisive?
National Socialism is, kind of by definition, predicated on divisions, so I don't think it is a very good analogy. As a personal matter, I don't care if people want to signal their beliefs though.
Now, if we are talking about an actual Swastika, that is sort of insane and confused, since it is the National Socialist symbol for a different nation, so it makes little sense for an American National Socialist club to display it. But, as a matter of principle, I am not opposed to Americans harboring either Nationalist or Socialist sympathies, or both at the same time, nor am I opposed to school clubs based around the discussion or promotion of a myriad of political ideologies. It is useful and instructive to prance among confused political concepts as a teenager. Lord knows I did, and, according to many, probably still do.
I would also add,
vis a Swastika specifically, and not any National Socialist symbol generally, that all symbols are not equal, and acquire meaning from their use. So, once a foreign nation marches against America and her allies in a total war, bent on the extermination of everyone not carrying a rainbow F emblazoned on their banners, I will accept that it a 'divisive' symbol. Until then, it is just a bumper sticker displaying a preference. Sort of pushing at the open door of gender/sexual acceptance, but harmless.