This is probably just the work of stupid kids on a drunk, but it still takes a special kind of asshole to paint a swastika.

A pentagram is nothing but a five-pointed star.

I am not all that shocked by the swastikas, anymore than I will be shocked by the inevitable posts about its glorious history and how "people" need to get over it and let the symbol be "reclaimed."

And sincere hope.

juxtaposed with a swastika. (Two pints up is the Satanic one.)

The Satanists only use the 'inverted' as a symbol, but many pagans will use the "one point up" for many things, but do use the inverted one on occasion, depending on the situation.

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And I've spent a fair amount of time around pagans.

I know among many of the Wiccans, the "upright" is almost always used, but various other groups use both. The point was used to signify whether the "power" was coming "from above" or "so below."