It happened on 21st May, 2020 when those with Korean suddenly made mass complaints to a hoodie on Sega shop, saying that the design of the hoodie which looks like #JapaneseRisingSunFlag, offended them. This thread is my view for their bizarre complaints to anyone who's innocent🐰
I want you to think with this thread whether they really have right to ruin other's property that's made with lots of time and money just because it looks like something they don't like despite they can prove no apparent link to the thing they don't like🐰
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Both #TaiseiYokusanKai flag and #JapaneseRisingSun flag that were used during WW2 have already been abolished by Japanese themselves just after WW2 ended. If you have no problem with Germany now, there's nothing that Japan needs to ban in Japan, too🐰
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S.Korea officially had no problem with #JapaneseRisingSunFlag in Pacific Reach exercise that was carried out on Nov 4th, 2019. I wonder how something that was no problem for them 8 months ago could be such a controversial/historical issue??🙄 gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id…
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Those complainers often claim that "#JapaneseRisngSun is a Nazi Swastika for Asian countries. All Asians have opposed the flag used in public", but this is not correct. Even both China and N.Korea have no problem with #RisingSun patterns, and they've used in public🐰
This Taiwan's great leader's memorial speech for the former President has got 179.7K views, 672 comments, 3.1K retweets and 13 Likes, and Taiwanese people seem to have no problem with #JapaneseRisingSun pattern. Their claim of "All Asians hate the flag/pattern" is not correct🐰
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A thread "Photos that make ONLY S.Koreans feel uncomfortable" posted on April 13th, 2020 seems to prove itself that even those S.Koreans think that ONLY S.KOREANS get mad at #JapaneseRisingSun patterns. Not all Asians get offended by the ones🐰 archive.is/Wkxgw
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A Korean proves with sources that a view that "#JapaneseRisingSun is a war crime flag" is a newly made-up view that No Korean has mentioned before. Interesting to see that they didn't see the flag even as a symbol of Japanese militarism in 1968🐰 archive.is/cMtcy
5/9 Facts #JapaneseRisingSunFlag ban campaign's intentionally started around 2012 by S.Koreans🐰
This article reports about how Korean students in the world report anything that looks the flag to them, and how to go complain to organizations in the world🐰 news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?…
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A S.Korean who's leading this ban campaign has commented that "We must be careful to not instantly judge anything with rays of the sun as #JapaneseRisingSun. We need first to precisely figure out what thoughts/intentions its author has on it."🐰 yna.co.kr/view/AKR201909…
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The provisional government of ROK once issued its public bonds in which #JapaneseRisingSun pattern is printed🐰
This proves that Koreans have used patterns with rays of the sun even since 1919 with no problem. #RisingSun patterns are not always offensive for S.Koreans🐰
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Over 800,000 of Koreans applied to join the Japanese Army by their own free wills during WW2. Koreans in fact were on Japan's side to fight against the Allies. They'd be victimizers rather than victims if #JapaneseRisingSun were evil for Asians🐰
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Those complainers often claim that #JapaneseRisingSun flag must be banned in public because the flag's been used for hate speech by some Japanese🐰
They need to remember that their flag's also been used for brutal hate speech. Wonder when they'll be a good role model?🙄
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Those complainers often claim that #JapaneseRisingSun flag must be banned in public because the flag was used in WW2, but remember that their flag was also used in Vietnam war where many Vietnamese people were massacred. I wonder when they would be a good role model??🙄
The red stripes on #SonicHoodie was a problem for them??🙄
I don't think so. As a fact, those S.Koreans had no problem with red stripes used in several TV shows🐰
The Japanese katakana "テイルス" on #SonicHoodie was a problem for them?🙄
I don't think so. As a fact, those S.Koreans had no problem with a football banner in Japanese kanji with #JapanaeseRisingSun pattern, and they've complained to a message in English with rays of the sun🐰
The location of Tails on #SonicHoodie was a problem for them??🙄
I don't think so. As a fact, those S.Koreans have complained to #WWE for Akira Tozawa's appearance scene with red radial pattern with no red circle🐰 edaily.co.kr/news/read?news…
That was a problem for them because #SonicHoodie with "テイルス" looks something Japanese to them??🙄
No. Those S.Koreans have complained to Naby Keïta's tattoo and forced him to change it, despite he's had nothing to do with any of Japanese things🐰 thestatesman.com/sports/asian-l…
The number of red stripes on #SonicHoodie was a problem for them??🙄
I don't thinks so. As a fact, those S.Koreans have complained to a lunch box with a club and many red stripes. How many red stripes it has does not matter to them🐰 news.chosun.com/site/data/html…
Thoughts or ideas on #SonicHoodie was a problem for them??🙄
No. Those S.Koreans have complained to a school mural with rays of the sun in LA. They insisted on the removal of the mural despite they acknowledged that the mural has nothing to do with Japan🐰 latimes.com/entertainment/…
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Those S.Koreans have complained to a wrapping paper of a burger because its crab design reminded them of #JapaneseRisingSun of the Japanese Imperialism. Will you agree on removal of crabs forever from the world just for those S.Koreans?🙄 hankyung.com/society/articl…
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Those S.Koreans have complained to a new movie poster of #Dumbo because its circus tent reminded them of of #JapaneseRisingSun of the Japanese Imperialism😳
Will you agree on removal of circus tents forever from the world just for those S.Koreans??🙄
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Those S.Koreans have complained to the national flag of North Macedonia because they mixed up the flag with #JapaneseRisingSun flag😳
Will you agree on removal of North Macedonia's flag even if their complains are never legitimate??🙄 facebook.com/MKDinJapan/pos…
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Those S.Koreans have complained to a ceiling of a city hall because its structure reminded them of #JapaneseRisingSun of the Japanese Imperialism😳
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Those S.Koreans have complained to a McDonald's happy meal toy because its Apollo parachute reminded them of #JapaneseRisingSun of the Japanese Imperialism😳
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Those S.Koreans have complained to a jet engine because its structure reminded them of #JapaneseRisingSun of the Japanese Imperialism😳
Will you agree on removal of all jet engines built in airplanes around the the world just for them?🙄 seouleconews.com/news/articleVi…
If the flag has really been a symbol of Japan's wartime atrocities for S.Koreans, it would not have happened that a news anchor could give the the news with her smile🐰
The news anchor and other S.Koreans in the video seem to have no problem with the flag as if it'd never been a symbol of the Japanese Imperialism for them back then🐰
S.Koreans had no problem with the #JapaneseRisingSunFlag in ROK International Fleet Review 2008🐰
None of them said in the video that "the flag is #NaziSwastika for Asian countries". The flag seems to have not been a matter of protest for them back then🐰
#JapaneseRisingSun flags were seen waving in front of S.Koreans at 2009 WBC Final Japan vs S.Korea baseball match🙄
None of S.Koreans booed or complained to the flag during and after the match, as if #JapaneseRisingSunFlag were not a matter of protest for S.Koreans back then🐰
Those S.Koreans complained to #SonicHoodie, but they've never complained to commemorative stamps with the same #JapaneseRisingSun pattern issued in 1948 and in 1990😳
I wonder who could ever figure out why the hoodie was offensive and the stamps were not offensive for them??🙄
A monument that was established over 40 years ago in U.N. Memorial Park in Busan suddenly became controversial because it looks like #JapaneseRisingSunFlag from above😳
A bridge that was placed in 2012 suddenly become controversial in 2019 because its bridge decoration reminded some S.Koreans of #JapaneseRisingSunFlag😳
Why they complained to it, or why such a controversial decoration was accepted in the first place??🙄 news.chosun.com/site/data/html…
A school emblem for an elementary school established in 1949 in S.Korea was changed to a new one because the old one has #RisingSun pattern on it. Doesn't this prove itself that S.Koreans had had no problem with #JapaneseRisingSunFlag for over 70 years??🙄 newsworks.co.kr/news/articleVi…
School emblems for 2 elementary schools in S.Korea were changed in 2020 because its #RisingSun patterns remind those S.Koreans of #JapaneseRisingSunFlag😳
Doesn't this prove itself that they'd had no problem with #JapaneseRisingSunFlag for over 90 years??🙄
Those S.Koreans complained to a red circus tent of #Dumbo, but they've had no problem with Girls' Generation's music video in the same type of red circus tent😳
I wonder who could ever figure out why #Dumbo was offensive, and Girls' Generation's was not?🙄
A movie poster in Spanish Film Festival suddenly became controversial because it reminded those S.Koreans of #JapaneseRisingSun😳
But it was actually featuring the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Surprisingly, they've never complained to Mao Zedong's ones🙄 ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_20181…
#CharlotteKempMuhl got harassed in 2019 by those S.Koreans with insults and threats over a the CLASH T-shirt with #RisingSun pattern😩
I want you to know that other S.Koreans have also complained to US ambassador to S.Korea's mustache, saying that "Shave it off. Your mustache is an insult to Korea that reminds us of the years of Japan's colonial rule". Not only #JapaneseRisingSun flag🙄 m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.…
As I posted above, those S.Koreans complain to anything that looks like #JapaneseRisingSun to them, even when they cannot prove certain links between the one and the flag. I really don't think that we have to obey what the complainers demand to do if their claims are not right🐰
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Here is a thread about photos of the Japanese Army. Many of photos that those S.Koreans send you are unrelated to the Japanese Army. Hope my posts and this thread will be some help to protect you from their irrational complaints. Thanks for reading😊 twitter.com/i/events/12449…
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WTF!? Footage of Lee Yong-soo filmed in 1992 is now found, in which she testified that she became #ComfortWoman just because she followed a man who gave her a dress and shoes, NOT because she was tricked or abducted by force by Imperial Japanese Army??🙄 mediawatch.kr/news/article.h…
Here is the footage filmed on Aug 15th, 1992 at KBS. That seems a little bit ironic that the announcer reconfirmed that she became #ComfortWoman NOT because she was abducted by force by Imperial Japanese Army, but she just followed a man by her own will🐰
I want you to remember that Lee Yong-soo has once revealed when she was having infighting with the Korean Council that #ComfortWomen are not #SexSlaves, and the term "sex slave" is used for the women because they wanted to draw more attention from the US🙄 news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?…
The heart with red 16 rays can never be Japan's #RisingSunFlag. Those Koreans can say that the tattoo looks like the flag, but can never say the two are the same🐰
I want you all to know that this is not the first time that the China making false allegations of the U.S.🐰
China insisted noisily that the U.S. used biological weapons on an enormous scale in areas of both China and North Korea during the Korean war🐰 wilsoncenter.org/publication/ch…
China repeats history🐰
China once blamed the accidental bombing of Shanghai by Chinese planes on Japan, claiming "These are the atrocities of the Imperial Japanese Army". And now, they're trying to blame corona virus outbreaks on the U.S.🐰 tony-henderson.com/photos/photos-…
China repeats history🐰
China once blamed what Chinese soldiers massacred Japanese people in Jinan incident on Japan, claiming "They're the very victims of human experimentation of #Unit731". Now, they're trying to blame corona virus outbreaks on the US🐰 jacar.archives.go.jp/das/image-j/C1…
A Korean proves with sources that a view that "#JapaneseRisingSun is a war crime flag" is a newly made-up view that No Korean has mentioned before. Interesting to see that they didn't see #JapaneseRisingSun even as a symbol of Japanese militarism in 1968🐰 archive.is/cMtcy
We can see that views that "#JapaneseRisingSun is a Nazi Swastika for Asian countries" or "#JapaneseRisingSun is a war crime/war criminal flag" were newly made-up views since around 2012. Even none of S.Koreans had seen the flag as a controversial flag🐰 murawaki.org/misc/flag.html