Saturday, November 22, 2025

In Reversal, Coast Guard Again Classifies Swastikas as Hate Symbol: WaPo

After the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a symbol of hate, the Coast Guard indicated that the swastika would remain considered a symbol of hate, the Post reported

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"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. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec ...

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-- Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) Nov 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Update: The U.S. Coast Guard reversed course, saying the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited. This came hours after The Post reported that the service was about to enact a new policy that downgraded those symbols.

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-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) Nov 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM

Comments

What an ignorant piece of crap article.

Stop Asian hate!

#1 | Posted by Sentinel at 2025-11-21 12:01 AM

Racism over reality is the white way.

#2 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-11-21 02:42 AM

At first I thought this a story from "The Onion."

I wonder what former USAG Merrick Garland, who is Jewish, is thinking about today and the rise of Nazism in the US.

"What could we have done better in four years to permanently end the threat of white supremacist Dummkopf Trumpf?"

drop.ndtv.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-21 05:02 AM

If you live in the US and a swastika does not register on your radar as an offensive symbol of hate you should consider getting up to speed, fast, or being identified as a fool, Nazi fetishizing bozo, or both.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-21 06:03 AM

A Noose can mean let's lynch all the n------, or maybe it just means you like playing with rope. So hard to tell.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-21 09:00 AM

Anyway I saw where the Coast Guard was walking this back; saying they didn't actually do this change.

Story is giving Poe's Law. "Poe's Law is an adage that states it is difficult to distinguish between sincere extreme views and parodies of those views online, especially without clear indicators of intent, like emoticons."

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-21 09:02 AM

"If you live in the US and a swastika does not register on your radar as an offensive symbol of hate you should consider getting up to speed, fast, or being identified as a fool, Nazi fetishizing bozo, or both."

The misuse of the swastika by the Nazis was cultural appropriation at its worst, and it should be recognized as such instead of gifting them a symbol that is still used by billions of people around the world in other contexts. It's like associating all of Islam with the terrorists who committed atrocities using its symbols.

#7 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-11-21 09:09 AM

"The misuse of the swastika by the Nazis was cultural appropriation at its worst."

How so?

By "misuse," do you mean having it point the wrong way?

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-21 09:14 AM

"The misuse of the swastika by the Nazis was cultural appropriation at its worst, and it should be recognized as such instead"

The swastika should be recognized as a symbol of Nazi cultural appropriation?

How's that functionally difference from recognizing the Swastika as a symbol of all the bad things Nazis stand for?

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-21 09:16 AM

Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash
www.cnn.com

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-21 11:16 AM

In Reversal, Coast Guard Again Classifies Swastikas as Hate Symbol

Too late! Got the tattoo yesterday.

#11 | Posted by censored at 2025-11-22 09:47 AM

"A Nazi ain't got no humanity. They're the foot soldiers of a Jew-hatin', mass murderin' maniac & they need to be destroyed."

-Lt Aldo Raines.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-22 10:17 AM

I suspect the Lunatic in Chief will be firing another Coast Guard Commandant! Sad to say but I appreciate his courage! Congress should do something to honor him before Trump had a chance to fire him!

#13 | Posted by danni at 2025-11-22 11:29 AM

My Father was a 30 year Naval Officer who joined as a seaman at age 17 and only went through the 9th grade in school. He became a pilot during WWII when enlisted men could become pilots and then, because of that, he got to go to OCS and became an officer. He joined during the war as did four of his brothers joined various branches of the military.
I can tell you this about all of them; if they saw some lunatic walking around wearing a Swastika that lunatic would get a serious beat down! Those men fought the biggest war in history to defeat the Nazis so it shouldn't surprise anyone that they just would not tolerate Nazis today!

#14 | Posted by danni at 2025-11-22 11:38 AM

SSentinel is a dope.

#15 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-23 12:08 PM

Swastika's are important!

Every Nazis should have a swastika carved into their foreheads.

So they can be more easily recognized in civilian clothes.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-23 12:37 PM

#16 Someone must have recently re-watched Inglourious --------.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-23 12:48 PM

Re 17

No. It's been awhile. But it was unforgettable.

And I am a Tarantino fan and I do love the Lt Aldo Raines character played by Brad Pitt.

And.. I also hate Nazis.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-23 01:05 PM

#18 Lt Aldo Raines was a character for the century.

And, you're right: It was unforgettable, especially Christoph Waltz' Hans Landa.

#19 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-23 01:20 PM

And the scene where the Frenchman had to admit he was hiding his neighbors under the house.

The first time I watched it I could literally feel the sweat popping out on my own forehead as you slowly realized he was trapped by the clever Nazi and they were all going to die.

And then the relief and thrill of seeing one get away.

Yeah. I was ready for a little "revenge and retribution" myself after that.

But it was only a movie. Nothing like really happened. Right?

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-23 01:30 PM

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