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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It wasnt even 24 hours before the the colossal apopcalyptic blowback on this made them reverse their decision.

Now we just have to wonder why they want to make hate symbols okay in the military.. I'm sure its totally not anything to do with trying to build a white nationalist military that will gleefull obey illegal orders and slaughter the "other" in the streets at piggy boys command.

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

It's FUCKING DHS only.... For some reason they put the Coast guard under the dumbasses at DHS they're the ones who are trying to not see everything how surprising is that really.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's cause of the tattoos. Too many Nazis being excluded from the military.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

yes, thats basically what i said.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Too late it did what it was meant to do. It told all the Nazis in the USA: "We don't think Nazis are bad, come join us".

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Thank goodness. Please don't let the world flip inside-out.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For context that means a guy like this would now be allowed to serve. They check your tattoos when you come in so this doesn’t qualify as a hate symbol now.

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I am all for reclaiming symbols stolen by fascists, but we all know this is absolutely not what they are getting to.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

great; now hegseth can finally finish his chest tattoo

[–] DrinkMonkey@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

“It’s going to be a maze”

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They have declared that nooses and swatzikas are not hate symbols, time to test that by drawing a picture of a Nazi being hanged I guess

[–] skiguy0123@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As my high school English teacher once said, "a horse is hung, a person is hanged"

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Turn off adblocker or join for $1"

No, fuck you.

[–] dai@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Military service will reportedly no longer classify 'divisive' swastika as 'hate' symbol

David McAfee

November 20, 2025 2:49PM ET

Military service will reportedly no longer classify 'divisive' swastika as 'hate' symbol Shutterstock

Trump administration insiders are furious over reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, will no longer classify the swastika as a symbol of "hate."

According to the Washington Post, the branch of military service has decided that swastikas and nooses are considered "potentially divisive" but not hateful.

As the news outlet reports, "The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month."

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The report continues:

"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines. The new policy, set to take effect Dec. 15, similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post."

The Post also reports, "Certain historic displays or artwork where the Confederate flag is a minor element are still permissible, according to the policy."

"Though the Coast Guard is not part of the Defense Department, the service has been reworking its policies to align with the Trump administration’s changing tolerances for hazing and harassment within the U.S. military," the report states. "In September Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed a review and overhaul of those policies, calling the military’s existing standards 'overly broad' and saying they jeopardize U.S. troops’ combat readiness."

Trump Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin rejected the claims made without being specific.

"This is an absolute ludicrous lie and unequivocally false. The @washingtonpost should be embarrassed it published this fake crap," she wrote. Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., shared her post.

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[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

shit headline, its just the coast guard.

Though the Coast Guard is not part of the Defense Department, the service has been reworking its policies to align with the Trump administration’s changing tolerances for hazing and harassment within the U.S. military," the report states.

fucking clickbait trash

coast guard cant onboard hitler tattoos, fucking twats

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 227 points 2 days ago (12 children)

What IS a fucking hate symbol then????

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 173 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

LGBTQ and trans flags

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 83 points 2 days ago

The American flag.

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

It's fucked up how normal (and I say this loosely) and unsurprising this actually sounds in today's world.

If you told me a couple years back that America would openly turn fascist, I would have said you're batshit crazy.

[–] misfitx@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I studied history and have been telling people this for over a decade but most people think I'm batshit crazy.

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Why would white supremacists see swastikas as hate symbols?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 68 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNTIED STATES IS CALLING FOR LAWMAKERS TO BE EXECUTED FOR UPHOLDING THE LAW! WTF IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SHIT?

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

NOTHING AT ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE EITHER CONTENT WITH THIS OR TOO COWARDLY TO DO ANYTHING!

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the us, the default country ofc

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate this so much that politics@lemmy.world, you know the explicitly not-only-US instance, specifically only allows US politics.

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[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

so what was WW2 all about then?

[–] Darkness343@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought it was all so videogame industries could have material to use.

That's why we are in need of WW3, so the next call of duty is not a flop like black ops 7

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 109 points 2 days ago

Combine this policy with declaring anti-fascists as terrorists, and I think a pattern is emerging here.

[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Following the double negative rule: Anti Anti Fascists leaves you with

Fascists

The USA is dropping the mask for all the world to see.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (24 children)

AND STILL PEOPLE ARE ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL! AT THIS POINT I WANT TO SEE MASS PANIC SO I KNOW I'M NOT CRAZY! AND I'M IN CANADA, I WANT MASS PANIC IN CANADA! I AT LEAST WANT THIS SHIT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH THAT CANADIANS STOP FUCKING GOING TO THE STATES AS IF EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Literally the defining symbol for the term 'hate symbol'.

Hey, what's a hate symbol? Oh, you know, like a swatztika. Ohh, right of course, how could I be so fucking dumb? Jesus CHRIST. Dude, calm down, it's-- NO. PUNCH ME IN THE FACE, I'M TRASH.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 85 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 92 points 2 days ago

Oh for a moment there I was beginning to doubt the direction of USA.
Well I guess it's still full steam ahead to dismantle democracy and introduce an authoritarian dictatorship.

[–] TheMilk@lemdro.id 27 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I'm still wondering when time travelers are gonna fix this timeline.

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I'm afraid this is the timeline where they dump all the assholes from other timelines

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 74 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Brief anecdote. In school, we used to draw swastikas on everything in order to get others in trouble or to make ourselves seem like assholes. At no point did we consider what we were doing ok, it was just kids riding the edge of something they couldn’t understand for the sake of ignominy. Even we, as ignorant as we were, recognized that the swastika was a hate symbol and thoroughly unacceptable, we were, again, just assholes.

I’ve been saying this quite a lot but this culture war bodes poorly.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

What the fuck‽

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Did nazi that coming?🙁.

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[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump’s dream of Nazi America is taking shape.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It is not divisive and it is a hate symbol.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 days ago

Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines. The new policy, set to take effect Dec. 15, similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag

Threatening racial lynchings is "potentially divisive" but not hateful, apparently. I guess there are very fine people on both sides of the white supremacist lynchings debate.

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