Coast Guard Again Classifies Swastikas, Nooses As Hate Symbols | EUROtoday

The U.S. Coast Guard has once more categorized swastikas and nooses as hate symbols ― and prohibited them.

On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that below new pointers, these things have been not categorized as hate symbols and have been as a substitute thought of merely “potentially divisive.” The coverage, which was set to take impact on Dec. 15, was modified to align with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign towards “woke” tradition, the newspaper reported.

According to a press launch posted on the Coast Guard web site: “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols.”

Adm. Kevin Lunday, the service’s appearing commandant, additionally despatched a memo to all the Coast Guard that stated nooses, swastikas, “and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups as representations of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, anti-semitism, or any other improper bias” have been prohibited.