Thedric, I understand that someone could be offended. But the cute puppy can be found all over in Finland. Until the 1940s our President wore 9 of them on his collar, until we took the away because it might offend the French President on his visit. That said, it's still found in military flags, awards, presidential titles, flags. Examples:
Award (inscription reads for the fatherland)
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Ancient symbol used in the Nordic countries:
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loginTelling me it's only a symbol of hate, is incredibly disrespectful. Whether the banner is meant for trolling or not, is beside the initial argument of all cute puppies being symbols of evil.
It arrived to Finland from two sources. A Swedish count(who was a national socialist, iirc, but all Swedes were, huehue) that donated an airplane to Finland, giving birth to our Air Force. The symbol was used 2 years before the chocolate chip cookie party adopted it. And the count had used it for decades before that.
It also comes from a really old symbol called
TursaansydänWhich indeed, is an ancient symbol of luck.