We all know the Hackenkreuz—the Third Reich Flag (1935-1945)—is a ‘racist’ and ‘bad’ flag. Why is that? Because it has a big fat Swastika right in the middle of the flag. And why is that bad? Because thousands (or millions) of Jews, PoWs, disabled, homosexuals and opposing republicans (and other minor party members) were ‘gassed’ and murdered under the flag. But what about the Hackenkreuzs’ Japanese brother, the Rising Sun Flag (the RSF for short)? What about the thousands (or millions) of Koreans, Chinese, and other (Russians, South-East Asians such as Filipinos and Malayans) that were raped, murdered, and/or tortured? I am here to discuss to ya’ll that we should and must change the flag.
My point here is that a lot (guesses are up to 300,000) of Chinese and PoWs were raped /murdered/tortured in the rape of Nanjing (Dec. 13 1937 for ~3 weeks)
And the comfort women of Korea/Malaya/China were raped for pleasure by the IJA soldiers (we even lost count)
And the British/Australian/Commonwealth Allied/and US PoWs (prisoners of war) who were treated horribly and eventually tortured or killed in such horrbile ways.
After all these War Crimes we still have that brutal flag uncensored and proudly displayed in War Thunder.
I know—the Fum says no to politics, but, what if they had the Hackenkreuz? Would no Jewish or Polish user stand up? Would everyone just let it be? **No
So, as a South Korean, I stand against this brutal flag that needs change.
My Idea
My proposal is to change the Rising Sun Flag into the ‘normal’ Japanese flag, the hinomaru.
This would still be good enough so that people can still see it’s Japan while also not having sensitive red stripes on them.
Of course, people can say brain-dead counterarguments like "But that (the RSF) is the current flag for the JSDF (Japanese Self-Defence Force)! If so, I hope you would be happy if Germany decides to re-install the big Swastika in front of the millions of Jews living in Germany.
I know, again, Gaijin doesn’t love politics–but–I think we can change this flag without being so political, right?
Additional Links
Nanjing Massacre
Comfort Women
PoW Treatment