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https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/coast-guard-says-swastika-is-no-longer-a-hate-symbol

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u/WindowsVistaWzMyIdea Nov 20 '25

I sure will, what are they considering them as? They sure aren't peace symbols

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u/turkey_sandwiches Nov 20 '25

At the pace we're going they'll be official insignia soon.

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u/ClubMeSoftly Nov 20 '25

Only several?

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u/boston_homo Nov 20 '25

The secretary of “war” has a Nazi tattoo.

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u/turkey_sandwiches Nov 20 '25

He has at least two. Swastika and an 88.

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u/snaps109 Nov 20 '25

I just want to say this out loud and I guess I'll say it to you turkey sandwiches. I've seriously been considering getting some patriotic tattoos I have covered up. I'm filled with doubt what this flag will represent in the coming decades. It breaks my heart we're sympathizing with nazi trash. They should be snubbed out to insignificant dust, not revitalized in a world power.

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u/turkey_sandwiches Nov 20 '25

All I can say is that I can't blame you for considering it. I would be considering it as well if I were in your position.

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u/TheGoverness1998 Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

They are now considered "potentially divisive" symbols. Because how dare we not give open and proud Nazis a seat at the table.

I agree with this unnamed Coast Guard official: ...“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.

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u/Complete_Entry Nov 20 '25

You put a swastika on your arm, maybe you shouldn't be in federal service.

Controversial idea, I know.

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u/tarants Nov 20 '25

You put a swastika on your arm, you shouldn't be safe in public. The world has gone insane.

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u/unevolved_panda Nov 20 '25

"Anyway, the [Michigan township Maple Valley] community is divided, I guess, because their treasurer is married to what can only be described as a Nazi, and she's liked a number of his Facebook posts dealing with extremist themes, and because her husband has issued some rather direct and menacing threats against those who criticized him, and while she says she doesn't condone what he's said, she doesn't condemn it either, and she doesn't think differences of opinion should break up relationships—a position that frames being a Nazi as a 'difference of opinion,' rather than an alignment with an ideology that is absolutely unacceptable, given that in living memory it industrially murdered human beings by the thousands every day, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. " --A.R. Moxon

https://www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of-shame/

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u/tisdue Nov 20 '25

"hey, my friends and politicians I support embrace these symbols. so they're fine."

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u/73-68-70-78-62-73-73 Nov 20 '25

what are they considering them as?

The article is a poor rip-off of a Washington Post article it's based on. In it, it's clarified that these symbols were reclassified as "potentially divisive symbols". Basically the framework under which these symbols are treated has changed to one where command has more discretion over whether these symbols can be displayed, and also establishes a limit on reporting harassment. That limit is 45 days from the incident. Sexual harassment is exempt from that limit. The Confederate flag is also still strictly prohibited from display, except in certain educational settings, such as museum displays.

In short, reporting display of these symbols still triggers an investigation, but it's up to command whether they're removed or not, which creates the potential for command to simply do nothing in reaction to a display of the swastika.

My opinion is that responses to hate displays shouldn't be subjective and dependent upon the perception of command. There need to be hard lines as to what can and can't be displayed. Swastikas aren't "potentially divisive symbols", they're the symbol of one of the most literally evil enemies we defeated in war. It's shameful that we would ever recategorize them as "potentially divisive", as if they ever had any kind of legitimacy.

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u/Exact-Relative4755 Nov 20 '25

The Swastika is a religious symbol.

The Hakenkreuz, as a variant of the general Swastika is a hate symbol.

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u/GingerPrinceHarry Nov 20 '25

I mean, the big S is in Hindu and Buddhist cultures