Come dice il titolo, sono curioso di sapere se indossare o meno una kotwica sarebbe considerato irrispettoso considerando la sua storia. Da americano, mi piace per il suo simbolismo e mi piace la storia dell’esercito nazionale polacco in generale, quindi volevo sapere se indossarlo sarebbe stato qualcosa di disapprovato.
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di IAmFoolyCharged
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It would be.
No
In Poland we mostly keep national symbols to be displayed upon ocassions (like for example hanging flags from houses during independence day or day of constitution). Walking around with national symbols just because is usually considered to be a thing done by more problematic part of society like hooligans (of course I don’t mean that nobody ever wears for example a hat with an eagle or a jacket with polish flag attached).
It doesn’t mean that there are no normal people that wear for example hoodies with them, but I am speaking as an overal sentiment.
Would you wear insignia of the 82nd Airborne if you didn’t serve in it? The Polska Walcząca symbol is of course more, but just for starters.
I mean, nobody’s gonna cancel you for it, I think if you’re genuinely interested in history, and it’s done out of admiration it’s fine. Although I myself, despite being Polish, would wonder to myself if I’m worthy of wearing such symbols.
>As an American
Why don’t you fuck off and keep wearing symbols related to, owned by and significant to your nation?
Having to read such ignorant question makes me angry. If I saw some dumb USian wearing this because he thinks it’s cool I’d lose my shit and call the cops for disrespecting our national symbols.
We have enough of our own right wing morons and even more moronic football fans disrespecting this symbol and everything it stands for, we don’t need imported ones.
Edit.
Guys, I’m not going to edit what I wrote, I just wanted to say that I know it came out as huge overreaction.
This question just struck something that I kept hidden and never got the chance to talk about and was angry about for a long, long time.
Also, I’m genuinely afraid of other nations using this symbol in bad faith.
That’s it.
Some military guys may find it disrespectful or even treat it as a stolen valor thing, as kotwica right now is used by sf forces mostly.
For me personally it’s a symbol of great heroism, bravery and sacrifice. I would think its inappropriate, maybe lame. Lots of muppets wears it thinking that they are patriotic thanks to this, not even knowing or caring about it. Also a lot of chinese crap is made with it washing off meaning of this symbol.
But in the end of the day, you do you. Who am I to tell you what to wear.
It would be unless you Yourself were part of the resistance. There are people still alive that were there and do where these bands on special occasions. Why you would be inclined to do something like this is beyond my understanding. Perhaps you are just that ignorant.
There’s a neighbor with this flag proudly showing outside. It’s a symbol of Poland’s resistance against evils throughout history, from Nazi’s to Communists.
As the official unofficial Polish immigrant representing USA, you have my approval.
Maybe not *disrespectful*, but you really got to be careful, because people may call you out as a nationalist
I’ve seen this symbol on laundries, vet clinics, transformer stations, retaining walls at construction sites, even trash sheds. Basically anywhere people spray graffiti. And I’m pretty sure it would still look better on you than on at least some of those places
For me personally, it’s a sacred symbol, that shouldn’t be worn on casual clothing. I’d say it’s only acceptable to be worn by active armed forces personnel on their uniform. And of course people who actually served in the AK.
Probably yes, unless done for a good and very specific reason (like doing a historical reenactment)
Sure it’s a symbol of great courage, but also of immesureable suffering.
15yo kids wore this symbol on their sleeves, as they were being gunned down by the Germans – trying to fight against a regular army (that had armor, heavy artillery, air support) with barely any weapons and very little training. And that’s just a small part of the story.
I have family that age, and it’s hard for me to even imagine this.
None of that should ever have happened to anyone. The war was humanity at one of its lowest points.
So yea, I think the symbol deserves a fair share of decorum and seriousness around it.
As someone else mentioned, it’s very often treated without decorum. And what’s even worse – events of WW2 overall have been endlessly bastardized, oversimplified and even misrepresented to serve political narratives.
You either approach a subject like that in a very serious manner, or you don’t talk about it at all.
I’m friends with a guy who has the opaska powstańcza as a tattoo around his left arm, but instead of kotwica he has the Orzeł Biały tattooed on the white part. He’s not a nationalist or anything lol he’s a normal guy and I personally find this more a respectful version than other people I’ve seen with opaska powstańcza tattoos.