After the Coast Guard reportedly considered downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive”, the Nexus Project called the proposed policy shift “appalling” and noted that “this is what happens when democratic norms erode and bigotry becomes mainstream. And when swastikas and nooses are reduced to ‘divisive’ symbols, it is a reminder that every community targeted by hate is in this together.” Following outcry and pressure, the Coast Guard later maintained the original hate symbol designation.