I’ve been seeing this Trump Swastika symbol everywhere as of late. This symbol is fantastic, of such ingenious design. 
Examples:
http://i.imgur.com/GL6Lk3p.png
http://www.sanjoseinside.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Joe-Miller-Trump-Sign-336x259.jpg
Where does it come from? Who first designed and drew it?
It seems rather self-suggesting so there probably is no single person to whom it can be attributed, and even if there were I wouldn’t want to put a target on his back. Some of the donald’s supporters aint’ wrapped too tight.
true, it could have had multiple origins, but surely it must have first appeared somewhere.
i don’t think anyone would bother to seek out the designer over a simple symbol. I’m just so curious as to where this symbol came from.
I have done some research.
The earliest known appearance that I can find is of Facthole.
http://facthole.com/post/133974507954/trump-campaign-unveils-new-logo
There is no exact date, but Snopes places it in Nov 2015.
I’m going to say that it was an ALT right winger who did this as a tribute.
In light of evidence to the contrary, why would you say this?
It reminds me of the old Sun Microsystems logo.
Yes, and snopes is Facebook’s truth-teller. Ask the People’s Cube.
the gold one really brings the swastika out in the middle.
Please elaborate. This makes no sense to me.
haha yeah
Umm, I was just looking for a (time) date.
I’m wondering how many people don’t even see the swastika… like the people who can’t see the FedEx arrow.
the one featured on snopes? cos of the long top-bars probably
I really don’t think it “works” as a negative symbol. It’s actually quite a clever use of the T and purely regarding geometric aesthetics it’s not unattractive.
That is a work of genius.
I doubt there are very many people who *can’t *see the FedEx arrow. There are certainly many who *haven’t *seen it.
Ditto with the negative-space swastika in the T-formation. Probably quite a few people haven’t seen it. Once it’s been pointed out to them it’ll be obvious.
An interesting follow-on question is whether more supporters will embrace the swastika part of the symbol or will insistently pretend not to see it.
The first few times I saw it, I didn’t even see the swastika (at least no consciously). But the design of the four "T"s still evoked the swastika, so I got the fascist message. Which makes it extra cool for me, that even not glomming onto the negative space swastika, the message came through.
Yeah. I saw the swastika the first time I saw the symbol, but not immediately.
The swastika popped into my awareness only after about 30 seconds of looking at it and thinking about it. The 4 Ts evoking the same general idea was strong even before I’d consciously caught on.
I vaguely recall watching a B movie back in the early 1970s about a totalitarian takeover in the US. IIRC their symbol was similar. It wasn’t quite as explicit: there was no swastika, negative space or otherwise. But it still had a 3- or 4-fold circular symmetry and an angular nature that carried the idea plenty forcefully enough.
I did see the swastika pretty quickly the first time I saw it though.
which movie? anyway, it is no longer fiction now.
haha yeah
:D:D
