I feel like it’s more than a bit insensitive to what Japan did in WW2 and that it’s much like putting a swas on a VW, but people seem to not have a problem with it. What do you guys think?

  • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I hate to get all nuance on the internet, but where and by whom are pretty relavant.

    White people in the US? Its a little fetishistic.

    Japanese people in japan? Its pretty standard, its been a symbol af the country for centuries.

    Japanese people in Korea/korean areas? Its at least a little insensitive, if not more.

    Context matters, and the impact of symbols varies across with setting, speaker, and viewer