And a hammer and sickle are tools/farming instruments.
Except when they are yellow on a red flag, context sodding matters.
Agreeable_Falcon1044 on
As he’s not a practising Buddhist from northern India but a reform councillor from northern England, I will let all of you judge which ideology it represents…
webbyyy on
It must be really difficult for Reform to find candidates who are decent human beings.
PomeloTraditional971 on
What exactly is the tattoo? It’s true that if it faces to the left it’s a Buddhist symbol.
Warm-Attempt7773 on
Is there a pic of the tattoo so we can see for ourselves?
kokdeblade on
It would be easy to tell which it was if they showed the pictures.
dospc on
Neo-nazis 🤝 Buddhist monks
{shaved heads and swastikas}
THPSJimbles on
He’s had it covered up now. But the pictures are still available.
ArchdukeToes on
I mean, the claim is that he had it tattooed as a teenager and then later had it covered up (at some point after 2024) because people kept on confusing the swastika for a swastika.
So…this guy wandered around for the last 30-50 years with a swastika tattooed on him and only recently got opprobrium for it? About the only way I’d buy that is if he was hanging out with the blind, or those who were okay with public displays of Nazi symbology.
Busy-Conversation648 on
Looks like a very old tattoo or a stick and poke, so he’s either a long-standing Buddhist or has had this done by a mate / scratcher rather than a proper tattooist. Advertising you working with it on show is wild though, must understand what it appears as
Holty12345 on
About a decade ago I was in line to collect my University Gown and the girl in front of me had a Buddhist Swastika tattoo on the back of her neck.
Like I get it was a Buddhist symbol first and faces the other way…but enough people are always going to get this confused and think your a Nazi that…why would you ever want to get it done l
PsychologySpecific16 on
Well leta see the old photos then. The story is useless without them.
Most of the buddhist symbols are at least slightly different (well from what i’ve seen in Japan)
Lucky_otter_she_her on
I’d say bastardised more than mis-understood…. but also there’s a version with dots and a version without……
LifeFeckinBrilliant on
Yeah & the eagle like thing sat on it is a tribute to his pet budgie…
Ok_Impact9745 on
Because a white guy with a tattoo of a Buddist symbol is really the type of candidate for reform?
It’s quite clear what the tattoo is.
ProcedureGloomy6323 on
Crazy how the media is always pushing for the antisemitic narrative to crush the left… Meanwhile Reform is up to the neck in actual fascists.
Levytron900 on
I find it hard to believe that anyone even remotely interested in Buddhism would be a supporter of reform let alone a councillor of theirs
Hitching-galaxy on
And the Roman salute, Charlie chapman moustache, bed sheets over the head is a ghost, 88 is two fat ladies.
And this is dog whistle politics.
SomeShiitakePoster on
“I didn’t know it was gonna come off like that.”
“Pretty sure you did.”
Vivid_Employment8635 on
Holocaust denier councillor last week, swastika this week… there is legitimately a party with a Nazi problem leading in the polls in this country.
Nisiom on
“I swear, the cock and balls tatoo on my forehead is because I’m a urologist that just happens to be a burglar as a side gig”
DecipherXCI on
Any photos? Would be very easy to tell via design, orientation and angle of the swastika which one it really is…
I mean we all know what its gonna look like but yknow… lets see it
brewdog_millionaire on
It’s not a swastika if it’s flat. It is if it’s at an angle. It’s really not that hard.
Dense_Sea9947 on
It’s in fact a Hindu symbol but it is not rotated 45 degrees as the Nazi symbol
Any-Memory2630 on
Oh Jesus Christ. When people trot out that bloody line… It doesn’t end well
Away-Activity-469 on
I’d like Rabbi Sir Mirvis or the BoD to kick up a stink about this one.
DrFriedGold on
Swastikas are and ancient symbol in many cultures including hinduism. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and checked to see which direction his swastika goes, the good one goes anti clockwise the Nazi one clockwise.
He got the Nazi one.
aeroncaine22 on
Hmm I find this utterly confusing. You represent (whether you believe in it or not), a “british values” party, of everything that’s great to be British, and yet… you have a swastica… Like isn’t that the complete opposite considering they were our great enemy?
jeanclaudebrowncloud on
Yeah sure dude, name 3 practices of the noble eightfold path and then describe how you abide by them
plawwell on
There was a time when even a sniff of being associated with these racists would be the end of their political career. Now we have the Nazi wife condoning the Nazi symbol. What does this woman’s family have to say about it? There was a time such shame would keep them in check but the checks and balances are gone for good I fear.
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And a hammer and sickle are tools/farming instruments.
Except when they are yellow on a red flag, context sodding matters.
As he’s not a practising Buddhist from northern India but a reform councillor from northern England, I will let all of you judge which ideology it represents…
It must be really difficult for Reform to find candidates who are decent human beings.
What exactly is the tattoo? It’s true that if it faces to the left it’s a Buddhist symbol.
Is there a pic of the tattoo so we can see for ourselves?
It would be easy to tell which it was if they showed the pictures.
Neo-nazis 🤝 Buddhist monks
{shaved heads and swastikas}
He’s had it covered up now. But the pictures are still available.
I mean, the claim is that he had it tattooed as a teenager and then later had it covered up (at some point after 2024) because people kept on confusing the swastika for a swastika.
So…this guy wandered around for the last 30-50 years with a swastika tattooed on him and only recently got opprobrium for it? About the only way I’d buy that is if he was hanging out with the blind, or those who were okay with public displays of Nazi symbology.
Looks like a very old tattoo or a stick and poke, so he’s either a long-standing Buddhist or has had this done by a mate / scratcher rather than a proper tattooist. Advertising you working with it on show is wild though, must understand what it appears as
About a decade ago I was in line to collect my University Gown and the girl in front of me had a Buddhist Swastika tattoo on the back of her neck.
Like I get it was a Buddhist symbol first and faces the other way…but enough people are always going to get this confused and think your a Nazi that…why would you ever want to get it done l
Well leta see the old photos then. The story is useless without them.
Most of the buddhist symbols are at least slightly different (well from what i’ve seen in Japan)
I’d say bastardised more than mis-understood…. but also there’s a version with dots and a version without……
Yeah & the eagle like thing sat on it is a tribute to his pet budgie…
Because a white guy with a tattoo of a Buddist symbol is really the type of candidate for reform?
It’s quite clear what the tattoo is.
Crazy how the media is always pushing for the antisemitic narrative to crush the left… Meanwhile Reform is up to the neck in actual fascists.
I find it hard to believe that anyone even remotely interested in Buddhism would be a supporter of reform let alone a councillor of theirs
And the Roman salute, Charlie chapman moustache, bed sheets over the head is a ghost, 88 is two fat ladies.
And this is dog whistle politics.
“I didn’t know it was gonna come off like that.”
“Pretty sure you did.”
Holocaust denier councillor last week, swastika this week… there is legitimately a party with a Nazi problem leading in the polls in this country.
“I swear, the cock and balls tatoo on my forehead is because I’m a urologist that just happens to be a burglar as a side gig”
Any photos? Would be very easy to tell via design, orientation and angle of the swastika which one it really is…
I mean we all know what its gonna look like but yknow… lets see it
It’s not a swastika if it’s flat. It is if it’s at an angle. It’s really not that hard.
It’s in fact a Hindu symbol but it is not rotated 45 degrees as the Nazi symbol
Oh Jesus Christ. When people trot out that bloody line… It doesn’t end well
I’d like Rabbi Sir Mirvis or the BoD to kick up a stink about this one.
Swastikas are and ancient symbol in many cultures including hinduism. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and checked to see which direction his swastika goes, the good one goes anti clockwise the Nazi one clockwise.
He got the Nazi one.
Hmm I find this utterly confusing. You represent (whether you believe in it or not), a “british values” party, of everything that’s great to be British, and yet… you have a swastica… Like isn’t that the complete opposite considering they were our great enemy?
Yeah sure dude, name 3 practices of the noble eightfold path and then describe how you abide by them
There was a time when even a sniff of being associated with these racists would be the end of their political career. Now we have the Nazi wife condoning the Nazi symbol. What does this woman’s family have to say about it? There was a time such shame would keep them in check but the checks and balances are gone for good I fear.