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.
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.
It’s cause of the tattoos. Too many Nazis being excluded from the military.
yes, thats basically what i said.
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.
Next thing you know they’ll be making this guy Secretary of Defense or something
Clearly the iron cross and confederate flag are allowed already as sad as it is
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”.
Thank goodness. Please don’t let the world flip inside-out.
but now MAGA can’t enlist…
I am all for reclaiming symbols stolen by fascists, but we all know this is absolutely not what they are getting to.
I once didn’t shave for weeks on a no-shave November. When I finally shaved I decided to see how I would look like with a toothbrush mustache… and I found that it suited me great! (At least I think it did) but I knew i couldn’t have it and I shaved it off.
I wish we could DeNazify that mustache and make it the simple and sometimes whimsical mustache it was in the past.
It would be really great. I HATE shaving that part of my face. Doesn’t matter how well I prep or what razor I use. It always hurts. I don’t like having facial hair but just that would be tolerable.
great; now hegseth can finally finish his chest tattoo
“It’s going to be a maze”
“Turn off adblocker or join for $1”
No, fuck you.
Military service will reportedly no longer classify ‘divisive’ swastika as ‘hate’ symbol
David McAfee
November 20, 2025 2:49PM ET
ShutterstockTrump 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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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
As my high school English teacher once said, “a horse is hung, a person is hanged”
So it’s correct to refer to a Nazi being hung then.
Only the ones with huge penises.
Please put an NSFW tag on that image, it can get you in trouble if you accidentally show it in public in many countries, for good reason.
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
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.
I studied history and have been telling people this for over a decade but most people think I’m batshit crazy.
I live there three years in the 90s. I’m surprised it took this long.
Nazis took inspiration for holocaust from manifest destiny, soo…
Hitler assumed USA was going to join them due to the huge German population amongst other reasons…
For the rest of us, we’ve seen it coming for about 25 years. And we kept telling you.
You got belligerent and started waving your flags harder.
Now you tell us to “worry about your own country” when we say we told you so.
The ones who say to worry about your country are the ones here who saw this for decades as well and are trying to tell you we see the same shit starting all over the place over seas. If you act like you are above it, the same shit will happen to you all. Alot of us unfortunately didnt fight hard enough when we needed to due to thinking most people here weren’t as stupid as they are and we are now pretty much fucked. Don’t repeat our mistake thinking you have less idiots in your countries, the rot starts beneath the surface first just because you think you’ve cleaned the surface doesnt mean the infestation isnt festering below. Don’t be like us, be 100 times more proactive.
What IS a fucking hate symbol then???
LGBTQ and trans flags
The American flag.
Flown properly, the American flag can be,
That is the farthest thing from a hate symbol you could find.
An upside down national flag is a sign of distress which means you care enough about your nation to consider the current moment as an aboration from the norm.
I don’t know if the swastikas adorning the flag are meant as a sign of respect though
No they’re intentional disrespect implying the us is in distress because of nazi-esk authoritarianism and xenophobia.
I must be Peacemaker, I missed that
I changed the stars.
Yeah that still means you care enough about the country to go out of your way to say it’s in distress and why.
Yes, I care and I’m doing SOMETHING.
So it’s not hate it’s love for your country enough that you spent time and money on paint to make a statement about it.
I don’t know if the stand up sign in front is a response, or they are meant to be shown jointly. But either way, you’re right. Have to care about a place to admit when it’s in distress, which we currently are.
It’s a work in progress.
I added the Faux Nooz sign after someone tried to paint over the flag. I caught them mid-day painting over it with white paint. My short but heated conversation with them indicated they were watching WAY to much propaganda. I always escalate when confronted.
Could anyone explain the significance of the flipped ATV and mannequin legs sticking up in front of the flag? The message is lost on me.
The ATV was already there. I purchased it USED from the local Polaris dealer for about half price ($3,000). I make the mistake of buying it in the winter when I could not use it for what I bought it for. In the spring I discovered that it had no power to go over 10 mph. I went back to the dealer and he said “Your 3 month guarantee is up”. I then tried rebuilding the carb for this altitude, I rodded the muffler to make sure it was not restricted, I then did a compression test that showed me the piston and cylinder were shot. The Polaris dealer refused to refund my money so I put it in the front yard and turned it upside down. It looked a bit “dark” to me so I added some legs sticking out. The local police were friends with the Polaris dealer so the Chief of Police came to my house and told me I had to remove it. He said it was a “distraction” and he would blame ME if there was a car accident nearby. The next day I took an ad out in the local paper “ATV Art for sale by leading ATV artist. Police say “It has to go” so my loss is your gain. Price reduced from $54,000.00 down to $12,345.67.”
A person in town offered to help me. He also had a run in with the police here. The deal was he would write a check to BUY the art BUT the “Art” had to stay there. My part was to not cash the check but to show the police that I did sell it but the condition of the sale is it cannot move. So the Police now get to decide if I am in business or not. So there it stays.
The Faux Nooz sign I added after someone tried to paint over my flag IN BROAD DAYLIGH. The short conversation I had with them indicated they were getting way too much propaganda so it seems like a work in progress
thank you for your service
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Faux news.
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According to these Nazis.
I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.
A peace sign
Soon the peace gesture with your 2 fingers will be considered an ANTIFA symbol and warrant immediate deportation.
How about half a peace sign?
That’s also an Antifa sign to show displeasure, but it’s more offensive, so they just shoot you dead.
The Mexican flag, probably.
A rainbow swastika (for whatever the fuck reason that would ever exist), that is where the line is it seems.
Until I see it from an alternate source, I’m calling bullshit on this one. It sounds like bullshit.
It’s real but getting rolled back
Why would white supremacists see swastikas as hate symbols?
so what was WW2 all about then?
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
Unfortunately since people tend to have such short memories regarding genocides & atrocities, we seem to need a new world war every few decades to re-terrify everyone back to their sensibilities.
Probably money, like every other war
The fascists in the USA didn’t want the competition. Exactly the same reason behind the American “Revolution”. The oligarchs of North America hated sharing the spoils with the oligarchs of Europe.
In the us, the default country ofc
I hate this so much that politics@lemmy.world, you know the explicitly not-only-US instance, specifically only allows US politics.
wtf
