• theherk@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Am I having déjà vu? I could swear this just happened a few weeks back and then was reversed.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      That’s the official definition now that the Israeli government has been pushing for almost a year, to try and shield zionists from legitimate criticism. They’re trying to muddy the waters, and what it’s doing is making every Jew worldwide a target, and when there are attacks of any kind, they claim anti-Semitism… Making it impossible to tell anymore what’s actually anti-Semetic in general and what’s intended to be anti-Israel.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    [November 21st, 2025] WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

    “Divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited,” the latest Coast Guard policy,released late Thursday, declared before adding that this category included “a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.”

    “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,” an accompanying Coast Guard press release said.

    So there’s incompetent fuckery afoot, or they’re lying, or very likely both.

  • Flamekebab@piefed.social
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    I suppose they’re not divisive internally if one ensures that everyone in the organisation is fucking awful in the same way.