It still gives me the creeps, to be honest. Although a myth, well, let’s not dignify it with that noble term—although an urban legend, the origin of the “peace sign” with “Nero’s cross” upset me as a child and still has its hooks in me. I remember distinctly the Christian comic book that showed a “Christian hater” turning a cross upside-down and breaking it. The physics of it puzzled me even as a youngster—to break something like that you needed to have some kind of tension. Snapping two arms off a cross simultaneously must’ve required some kind of magic. In any case, it was a scary thought. Now I’ll be the first person to admit that I need more time to study the symbols here, but it seems that “Nero’s cross” was a myth—er, urban legend intended to demonize the peace sign.
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