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How do you feel about the Rising Sun flag being used in Japanese import car culture? (self.cars)

submitted 1 year ago by zorrothefox2001 to c/cars

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 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