UPDATE: The Coast Guard Does an About-Face on the Swastika

The service issued a new memo after backlash to the change in "hate symbols"

The U.S. Coast Guard was about to stop classifying the swastika as a hate symbol.

Under a new policy that was to take effect December 15, the Coast Guard would call the swastika “potentially divisive.” In other words, if you’re offended, it’s on you. The same would have gone for nooses.

The new rules were laid out in a document called “Harassing Behavior …