Discerning writers owe their readers accurate historical notation. Beyond that, spiritual symbols cannot be owned or appropriated any more than the principles they represent. - Mitch Horowitz - Medium

if you're not a Hindu then please don't put up the image of Goddess Laxmi.

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Discerning writers owe their readers accurate historical notation. Beyond that, spiritual symbols cannot be owned or appropriated any more than the principles they represent.

Mitch Horowitz

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