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 ...
I don’t see why people are down voting this. It’s true, and doesn’t necessarily call for the return of the symbol in any way. The Nazis took a lot of symbols for themselves, but some of them will be forever associated with them now. Nobody can really save the sunwheel symbol at this point.
Some modern Pagan/Heathen religious movements might try to reclaim some symbols while being staunchly anti-nazi, but it’s hard for them to do that while people have little education other than “Nazis used this” and not knowing the history. I believe some of these symbols are beyond redemption at this point, especially the swastika, and it’s better to focus on those that have no Nazi ties or maybe ones that are so loose that they don’t really matter.
Feel-good internet points or some shit like that.
Humans being human…