Coast Guard: Swastikas and Nooses Just 'Lively Debate'
Mainstream media reports the Coast Guard's puzzling decision to revise their policy, stripping references to swastikas and nooses as 'potentially divisive.' This follows pressure from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who bizarrely deemed the symbols 'controversial' as a reason to *remove* the previous language. One might wonder if the historical record—like the Holocaust, which claimed six
million Jewish lives, or the lynching of thousands of Black Americans—is now just a matter of 'perspective' within the nation's military. The Coast Guard states policies must 'align with current law,' raising questions about which laws now protect symbols of genocide and racial terror. So, the next time you see a swastika or a noose, remember, it's not inherently 'divisive' to some in power; it's
simply a discussion piece, perhaps, for 'both sides.' One might imagine the outrage if similar 'divisive' imagery of other groups were so carelessly reclassified. How many concentration camps or public lynchings does it take for a symbol to be unequivocally, well, *not* 'potentially divisive'?