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After outrage, Coast Guard says it will continue to define swastikas as hate symbols

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Coast Guard faced significant backlash after new regulations emerged, suggesting that symbols like swastikas and nooses could be displayed in private quarters and weren't explicitly labeled as hate symbols but rather as divisive. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Anti Defamation LeagueReform JudaismJonathan GreenblattSwastikaUs MilitaryHate SymbolsRegulationsCoast GuardNoose

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Following the Washington Post report, the Coast Guards top official said the regulations had been mischaracterized and that promotion of the symbols will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished."

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