• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
    263·
    1 year ago

    The swastika is a fairly obvious symbol of hate, same with a white pointed hood.

    They aren’t normally used in a generic fashion though.

    Maybe a red lightsaber?

  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    1 year ago

    Robert Sternberg saw three main elements in hatred:

    • a negation of intimacy, by creating distance when closeness had become threatening;
    • an infusion of passion, such as fear or anger;
    • a decision to devalue a previously valued object.

    The front-facing fist 👊: Threatening, intense, replicable (most people have hands)

    The down-facing knife 🔪: sharp, cold, calculated

    There are also very specific symbols of hatred, like the swastika and the Nazi salute, white-hooded robes and burning crosses, the flag of the Daesh, the Z of the RAF for the West et al., but all of those are tied to certain ideologies and cultures and might not make any sense outside of relevant situations.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    51·
    1 year ago

    Back in the day in the kids’ comics I remember at least one occasion where the spade card suit was used for that purpose. (Britain, 1980s/1990s)

    A character’s speech bubble contained “I h♠te homework” or something similar. Might have been spinach instead of homework. Or school. Anything an irreverent protagonist might not like.

    The artist was clearly using this as a counterpart to the more often seen “lo♥e”, but as an adult thinking about it now, I have to wonder if the artist had forgotten about the potential racial connotation of using it, or if they hadn’t but didn’t think it was particularly important.

    Either way, ♠ could be used as a symbol of hate if the context permits it. Maybe best avoided if you’re looking for a generic one though.