"MS NOW's Catherine Rampell said there is a broader effort from President Donald Trump's administration to bring back or de-stigmatize, I guess, hate speech during Saturday evening's episode of The Weekend: Primetime. Her observation was made during a discussion with her fellow co-hosts about the uproar over the Coast Guard's designation for swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag; The Washington Post reported on Thursday the U.S. Coast Guard would be reclassifying those as potentially divisive symbols a decision that was immediately walked back following the report."
"Rampell said the pivot showed the Coast Guard was looking to cover their rear ends because they realize this is not a good look for them. She added the aforementioned comment a moment later, saying the Coast Guard story symbolized how the Trump Administration aimed to make hate speech more acceptable. The Administration, she continued, was also looking to re-stigmatize or stigmatize anew American heroes and rainbows and DEI."
"There's been a lot going on within this Department of Defense, and DHS in this particular case, to try to basically get rid of diversity. Co-host Antonia Hylton agreed, saying several departments within the federal government were obsessed with a bizarro aesthetic that harkened back to the 1920s, '30s, and '50s. This constant stream of Mad Men'-style advertising, for some reason that is just consistently white men, Hylton said."
The U.S. Coast Guard initially moved to reclassify swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag as potentially divisive symbols, then walked back that decision and later issued a policy confirming those symbols are prohibited. There is a broader effort within the Trump administration to normalize or de-stigmatize hate speech and to challenge diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Multiple federal departments have shown a preference for retro, predominantly white-male imagery and messaging that critics describe as exclusionary. Officials emphasized that displays of symbols tied to oppression undermine unit cohesion and are not tolerated.
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