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US Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
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Technically the swastika is a religious symbol that was appropriated by the Nazis for hate. It's still used today by Buddhism to represent the divine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
But no, i very much doubt that's what they're thinking about.
Actually, if you want to go down that route, you have to flip the swastika, like a mirror.
I believe both directions have been used in different cultures. Don't quote me on that one though.
That's not true. Swastikas can come in either orientation.
But even Buddhists refrain from using swastikas nowadays because the Nazis ruined them for everybody.
Both are used.
And outside of historical usage and landmarks that have them already. Most cultures, religions and countries now avoid the swastika and only use the sauvastika aka the left facing one.
So seeing the right facing swastika is still common in many places in India, China, Japan and other locations. New developments basically won't see use of it at all with out EXTREMELY unique reasons.
Cause the Nazis literally ruined it for everyone.