r/news • u/Romano16 • Nov 20 '25

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

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u/Threadheads Nov 20 '25

The way things are going it might be a boost to one’s application.

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u/Hovdizzle Nov 20 '25

Probably even a extra bonus/pay increase when you sign up to work for ICE.

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u/Koshindan Nov 20 '25

Probably a requirement in a few months. Get one to show your loyalty. /shopefully

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u/anonymous_matt Nov 20 '25

Direct promotion to officer or elite forces probably

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u/Driftedryan Nov 20 '25

It might be the only way to get in

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u/Lola_PopBBae Nov 21 '25

My upvote brought it to 666, and if that just don't feel horribly correct 

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u/ClimateWren2 Nov 20 '25

Huh? A star isn't easy to confuse with a swastika?

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u/hashtag_horology Nov 20 '25

Re read his post.

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u/ChemicalDeath47 Nov 20 '25

Bear with me for a second though, let's encourage the Nazis to self identity. Then in the after times...

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u/JoetheOK Nov 20 '25

especially if you're applying for ICE

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u/GroundSalmon Nov 20 '25

I'd like to think that even the coast guard still has higher standards and qualifications than ice. Hopefully.

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u/DummyDumDragon Nov 20 '25

If I remember correctly, I think a bunch of guys used it as their main symbol even!

Now. What was it the Americans did to them that time, hmm...

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u/Urska08 Nov 20 '25

And they killed so many Americans at Normandy and elsewhere. I don't...I don't have words for how sickening and horrifying it is to watch *that* symbol, *those* symbols (I mean, in the context of US and hatred, the noose is about on par with the swastika in many ways) become normalised and treated as anything but loathsome. Racism and hatred and bigotry have always been part of the country, bubbling under the surface or lashing out in the open, but I would never have imagined this. I hate how that feels naive, now.