The U.S. Coast Guard is softening its opposition to swastikas , as well as nooses and Confederate flags, saying it will no longer classify them as symbols of hate.

Instead, under new guidelines taking effect next month, the Coast Guard will recognize the cross-like symbol that represents the ideology of Nazi Germany as “potentially divisive,” but not hateful, according to the Washington Post.

The swastika was worn by German soldiers who fought against the U.S. and her allies in World War II and operated concentration camps in which millions of Jews and other minority groups were killed.

“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” one official who disagrees with the Coast Guard’s new position told the Post.

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