the native american swastika goes in the opposite direction from the nazi one . as does the buddhist swaastika and it's indian sub continent relatives.

that was intentional as the nazi's wanted the swastika to stand for the opposite of the higher awareness that the origional symbolized.

i think that what people do privately is their own business but a public synbol is very different. the confederate battle flag is racist to almost all the people's of the world and many americans don't seem to care. luckily there are better finer forces in america that gave us the bill of rights, the american civil liberties union and many other progressive groups.

should the germans fly the nazi battle flag to show their tradition? i think we all have had enough of that tradition. and we've mostly had enough of the tradition of slavery in the united states being publicly endorsed.