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Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive,’ not hate symbols
The policy change reclassifies swastikas but keeps them banned, sparking criticism amid rising antisemitism and political debate over hate symbol definitions.
- On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard reclassified swastikas from hate symbols to potentially divisive in a new workplace harassment policy that took effect Monday, per a memo sent to Congress earlier this week.
- The previous Coast Guard policy specified a noose and a swastika as potential hate incident symbols, days after at least 15 people were killed at a Hanukkah celebration amid rising antisemitism.
- On November 20, Coast Guard Admiral Kevin Lunday issued a memo denouncing swastikas and nooses, while the Coast Guard statement on new policy said it combats misinformation and reaffirms the ban.
- Political and civil-society voices warned as Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen said the change `rolls back important protections against bigotry` and historian Deborah Lipstadt called it `terrifying`.
- Admiral Kevin Lunday, unconfirmed, faces a confirmation hearing later this week after being installed by President Donald Trump following Admiral Linda Fagan's firing.
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Democratic lawmakers outraged by Coast Guard’s reported reversal on swastika policy
Weeks after the Coast Guard commandant personally called lawmakers to reassure them that swastikas and nooses would remain banned hate symbols within the service, the Guard quietly broke its pledge and diminished the severity of such displays as “potentially divisive” instead — the very language that had prompted outrage from lawmakers and the Jewish community. Leading Democrats erupted in outrage on the news of the Coast Guard’s policy shift, w…
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