Can the swastika ever be redeemed?

c. 2017 Religion News Service

(RNS) In one weekend, the swastika appeared in public places in three U.S. cities—Houston, Chicago, and New York. The sight was so offensive, average New Yorkers pulled out hand sanitizer and tissues to wipe the graffiti from the walls of the subway where it had been scrawled.

“Within about two minutes, all the Nazi symbolism was gone,” said one subway rider. Everyone “did their jobs of being decent human beings.”