It makes a giant difference in the long run – it just makes you sound like a douche. Try asking anyone with friends and family who have survived the holocaust…and have stories of who they lost to the Nazis. Hell, ask most modern Jews how they feel about. Associations are what they are, and just because you feel differently doesn’t change that fact.

Another example is that I would be a douche for using the words “negro” and “negroid”, even in an anthropological sense. Although these are perfectly valid words, they bring to mind memories of an era of discriminatory policies, and to use them in conversation is pretty impolite. We avoid using this term because we’re reasonable people and don’t want to piss other people off.

It’s not whether or not you or I think that these things have a different meaning or don’t mean to use them in an offensive way. It’s that people are offended by them.

I am fully aware of the history and symbolism of the original swastika. However, your trying to bring the swastika back brings up some evil offensiveness in our very recent history. The original meaning is not going to change that. It only makes you seem like a truly insensitive douchebag. I’m sure that you are better than that. Please stop.