In 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard instituted a policy stating that divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited, explicitly including a noose, a swastika, and symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.
November 21, 2025
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temporal
Summarizes the Coast Guard's 2025 policy position banning divisive or hate symbols and flags.
As of 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard prohibits the display of divisive or hate symbols and flags, explicitly listing a noose and a swastika and banning any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.
November 20, 2025
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policy
Describes the content of a U.S. Coast Guard organizational policy on prohibited symbols.
A 2025 U.S. Coast Guard policy declared that 'divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited' and explicitly listed examples including a noose, a swastika, and symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.
November 20, 2025
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temporal
Content description of the U.S. Coast Guard's 2025 policy on prohibited symbols.
In 2019 and 2023, U.S. Coast Guard policies described displays of symbols such as swastikas and nooses as 'widely identified with oppression or hatred' and characterized their display as a 'potential hate incident'.
January 01, 2023
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temporal
Describes the characterization of hate symbols in prior Coast Guard policy guidance.
A 2019 U.S. Coast Guard policy described symbols such as swastikas and nooses as "widely identified with oppression or hatred" and characterized their display as a potential hate incident.
January 01, 2019
high
policy
Describes the characterization of certain symbols in the Coast Guard's 2019 policy.