Anti-Defamation League names Celtic Cross as racist symbol

[Blank Stair]

Got a Celtic Cross tattooed on my arm!!

Well now, that's just offensive! You'll have to be lasered so as to remove that offensive symbol and make the world a better place! *(wags finger in stern warning)

 

[frenchdefense]

Before the NAZIs the swastika was a perfectly benign symbol.

Actually it was a symbol of good luck and prosperity.

Stupid NAZIs and their flag

 

[Michie]

There is a guy around town her that is covered in tats. Swastikas, etc. mostly on his bald head and arms. No telling what he has under his clothes. He goes to Mexican and Chinese eateries all the time which I find mildly amusing. Maybe he was in prison? Maybe he changed his views? I don't know but it is very difficult to miss him.

 

[Michie]

People hijack symbols all the time. Look at the rainbow.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

People hijack symbols all the time. Look at the rainbow.

I'm convinced that gays made this their symbol to mock God.

 

[Tallguy88]

Edit: nope, I should have looked that up before I posted.

 

[AHH who-stole-my-name]

People hijack symbols all the time. Look at the rainbow.

It's no wonder why so many conservatives look in apprehension at the new and improved world when they see so many people actively searching for anything they can demonize the old. there is not patience It's hard to have patience when your dodging the pointed finger. People need to keep things in perspective to get things done unless all they want to do is do something for the sake orf doing something. If that is the case, then everyone is their target. We just haven't stepped in front of their sights.

 

[SinnerInTheHands]

"The US Anti-Defamation League has named the Celtic Cross as one of the racist symbols used around the world to promote hate in their online Hate Symbols Database.

The ADL believes that white supremacist versions of the Celtic Cross, otherwise known as Odin’s Cross, Sun Cross, or Wheel Cross, have become some of the most important and widely used symbols of white supremacists. The cross consists of a square cross interlocking with or surrounded by a circle."

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Anti-Defamation-League-names-Celtic-Cross-as-racist-symbol.html

D'anam don diabhal!

I should write a letter to the ADL: "Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you can not see . . ."

 

[AHH who-stole-my-name]

I'm convinced that gays made this their symbol to mock God.

I've always assumed it was an inclusion thing. Having all those colors together. I don't really think that they just want to be accepted for who they are. It's the activists that are the ones who are hostile, but that's generally the case in every movement. The radicals just want to tear stuff up. They don't care how it reflects on the gay community. They'd burn down a gay owned shop as quickly as they would a Christian owned shop. That's why the BLM crowd is getting all the bad press. Those who want to stand out are the only ones getting the press. Kind of like Donald Trump.

 

[Hetta]

People hijack symbols all the time. Look at the rainbow.

Was anyone actually "using" the rainbow for anything else before? I mean, other than saying that it symbolized the the end of the biblical flood? Was it actually utilized in some physical way?

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

And then these people will go into the workplace and the military and we will have to deal with them. I hope I get a break room to help me cope.

You will geta safe zone. Lol

 

[MikeK]

This is not new, white suppremecists have used the Celtic cross as a symbol of their ideology for decades. Heck, we used to have a poster here that was tattooed with one during their mispent white suppremecist youth. Much as the upside down cross can be used to represent good or evil, so can the Celtic cross. Nothing new, and that someone noted it is nothing to get up in arms about.

 

[Michie]

Yes God used it as a sign of his covenant with man. It has always been a Christian symbol. It was hijacked by the gay community. It's like taking the crucifix and using it for an antichristian agenda.

Was anyone actually "using" the rainbow for anything else before? I mean, other than saying that it symbolized the the end of the biblical flood? Was it actually utilized in some physical way?

 

[Michie]

I'm not saying it is. But symbols are often taken and used for things other than what they were originality intended. Either people are not that creative or they do it for other reasons only they would know about.

This is not new, white suppremecists have used the Celtic cross as a symbol of their ideology for decades. Heck, we used to have a poster here that was tattooed with one during their mispent white suppremecist youth. Much as the upside down cross can be used to represent good or evil, so can the Celtic cross. Nothing new, and that someone noted it is nothing to get up in arms about.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

This is not new, white suppremecists have used the Celtic cross as a symbol of their ideology for decades. Heck, we used to have a poster here that was tattooed with one during their mispent white suppremecist youth. Much as the upside down cross can be used to represent good or evil, so can the Celtic cross. Nothing new, and that someone noted it is nothing to get up in arms about.

Quite A few Irish get Celtic cross tattoos , especially in the larger Irish enclaves. I never knew that some use them to signify white supremacy. 100% of those I know do it out of pride for their heritage . Race is not even on the radar.
I would bet those using it are probably not even of Irish ethnicity.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

Pat Fish does great Celtic work. Love her designs.

http://www.luckyfish.com/celtic-tattoo-portfolio/

 

[MikeK]

Quite A few Irish get Celtic cross tattoos , especially in the larger Irish enclaves. I never knew that some use them to signify white supremacy. 100% of those I know do it out of pride for their heritage . Race is not even on the radar.
I would bet those using it are probably not even of Irish ethnicity.

For the most part I'm sure you're right. The Irish Nationalist Brotherhood white suppremecist movement does frequently use the cross in their hate speech though.

 

[Hetta]

I'm not saying it is. But symbols are often taken and used for things other than what they were originality intended. Either people are not that creative or they do it for other reasons only they would know about.

So it wasn't used as a symbol. Okay. I thought I missed something.

 

[Tallguy88]

I'm still considering what to get for my first tattoo. Something religious, of course. A Celtic Cross or a Chi Rho most likely.

 

[Blank Stair]

I'm convinced that gays made this their symbol to mock God.

I'd agree with that. The artist that stole the rainbow and made it into a rectangle flag attempted to identify his reasons for this by claiming each color meant something to the movement.