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It's bad, but a more neutral way to put it is that they got rid of the "hate" framing altogether and replaced it with a (mealy-mouthed) "divisiveness" framing.

It's bad, but a more neutral way to put it is that they got rid of the "hate" framing altogether and replaced it with a (mealy-mouthed) "divisiveness" framing. New policy: https://media.defense.gov/2025/nov/14/2003820615/-1/-1/0/CI_5350_6A.pdf https://media.defense.gov/2025/nov/14/2003820615/-1/-1/0/CI_... Old policy: https://wow.uscgaux.info/Uploads_wowII/O-DEPT/CG__Harassing_Behavior__Prevention__Response__and_Accountability_CI_5350_6_02.PDF https://wow.uscgaux.info/Uploads_wowII/O-DEPT/CG__Harassing_... I agree with a friend online who said this reads actually somewhat like malicious compliance from USCG (you still can't hang a swastika; they just got rid of the normative language about why). Not really sure what's interesting about this story for HN, though.

truthtold9 1y ago
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- javascriptfan69 1y ago
  Literally, what the fuck are you talking about?
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dathinab 1y ago
because it looks like the US is falling to fascism swastika(1) which are symbols of genocide due to hate are no longer "hate symbols" what fucked up times do we live in when we can't even agree anymore that literal nazis are evil and people in power can force it to be "just divisive"
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techblueberry 1y ago
There was an article recently that said 30-40% of young Republican staffers under the age of 30 in Washington were followers of Nick Fuentes. This really does not seem like it's going somewhere great, and I can't imagine conservatives are unified in the idea they should normalize the swastika. The weird thing is it just feels like it's bad for everybody. There was a recent youtube video by Kostantin Kisin (I can't find it now but) and I don't love that he compared Zohran Mamdani to Groypers, but his basic point was this quote or idea someone said which is that the reason history repeats itself is that we only are really influenced by the lessons of our parents and grandparents. That this rise of anti-semitism and backing down from our taboo's about racism come at a time when there are far fewer people growing up with relatives who were alive during the holocaust. (Just for good measure, the comparison between Zohran Mamdani and Groypers was that the left was forgetting the murders and human rights tragedies that came out of communism)
- mrtesthah 1y ago
  This isn’t a critique of your overall point, but regarding the video you referenced, Trump’s own actions to date have been more communist than any policy Mamdani has proposed.

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javascriptfan69 1y ago
Literally, what the fuck are you talking about?
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dathinab 1y ago

because it looks like the US is falling to fascism swastika(1) which are symbols of genocide due to hate are no longer "hate symbols" what fucked up times do we live in when we can't even agree anymore that literal nazis are evil and people in power can force it to be "just divisive"

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techblueberry 1y ago

There was an article recently that said 30-40% of young Republican staffers under the age of 30 in Washington were followers of Nick Fuentes. This really does not seem like it's going somewhere great, and I can't imagine conservatives are unified in the idea they should normalize the swastika. The weird thing is it just feels like it's bad for everybody. There was a recent youtube video by Kostantin Kisin (I can't find it now but) and I don't love that he compared Zohran Mamdani to Groypers, but his basic point was this quote or idea someone said which is that the reason history repeats itself is that we only are really influenced by the lessons of our parents and grandparents. That this rise of anti-semitism and backing down from our taboo's about racism come at a time when there are far fewer people growing up with relatives who were alive during the holocaust. (Just for good measure, the comparison between Zohran Mamdani and Groypers was that the left was forgetting the murders and human rights tragedies that came out of communism)

mrtesthah 1y ago
This isn’t a critique of your overall point, but regarding the video you referenced, Trump’s own actions to date have been more communist than any policy Mamdani has proposed.