5 Famous Symbols that Were Created to Be Horrible Insults
Cracked Has a pretty interesting piece on the history of some of our most famous symbols.
Time and context change everything. A time traveler from 100 years ago would not understand, for instance, why showing up to school with a swastika on your shirt would get you sent home with a stern letter to your parents. And the changes go both ways — the awful insult of the past is today’s badge of pride.
So it’s always weird to look at the pop culture symbols we just take for granted and realize how often the origins are somewhere between insulting and utterly horrifying.
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