The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.
I’m trying to wrap my head around nooses being ‘coopted by hate groups’ as when used as a legal punishment their only use as a symbol served the same purpose. Still, rolling back far enough to add ‘hate’ back to the policy is better than just divisive.
Nooses in America are deeply associated with lynching, a form of white supremacist extrajudicial murder that typically involves torture, mutilation, and display of the corpse as a warning.
Yes, I am saying that the noose is very different than hate groups coopting the swastika and Norse runes, where the original context was not hate based.
The noose was a symbol of hate before the hate groups used it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noose?wprov=sfti1#Use_in_intimidation_and_hate-based_racial_politics
You may not be familiar if you’re not American.
Lived in the US my whole life and apparently wasn’t clear enough.
I am saying the noose was already being used as a hate symbols by the state. The state used them to threaten runaway slaves for example.
It is very different than hate groups coopting the swastika and Norse runes, where the original context was not hate based.
I see, thanks for the clarification. I didn’t want to assume.