On Thursday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard again classified swastikas, nooses and similar imagery as prohibited hate symbols, just hours after internal documents and news reports showed the service was preparing to call them “potentially divisive.”

As reported by The Washington Post , a memo dated Nov. 20 was sent to all Coast Guard personnel in which Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday issued what he called a policy and “lawful order” that bans “divisive or hate symbols and flags” across all Coast Guard workplaces, facilities and assets. The order specifically includes a noose, a swastika and symbols adopted by hate-based groups as representing racial or religious intolerance or antisemitism.

“The display of any divisive or hate symbol is prohibited and shall be removed from all Coas

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