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Hyatt calls hate symbols 'abhorrent' after CPAC stage compared to sign used by Nazis
Reuters ^ | March 1, 2021 | by Julia Harte

Posted on 03/01/2021 5:16:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON - Hyatt Hotels Corp called symbols of hate “abhorrent” on Sunday after the design of a stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference at one of its hotels drew comparisons to a Norse rune used by Nazis during World War Two.

A photo of the CPAC stage went viral on social media on Saturday, with thousands of Twitter users sharing posts comparing its distinctive design to an othala rune, one of many ancient European symbols that Nazis adopted to “reconstruct a mythic ‘Aryan’ past,” according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The ceiling of the conference room featured a lighting display in the same shape as the stage, according to Reuters photographs.

Hyatt said all aspects of conference logistics, including the stage design, were managed by the American Conservative Union, which organized the conference.

The comparisons were “outrageous and slanderous,” Matt Schlapp, American Conservative Union chair, said in a Twitter post on Saturday. He added the organization had a “long standing commitment to the Jewish community” and that the conference featured several Jewish speakers.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cpac; cpac2021; journalism; mattschlapp; media; mediawingofthednc; press
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To: COBOL2Java

Wow, thinking alike at exactly the same time!


41 posted on 03/01/2021 5:52:29 AM PST by Magnatron
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To: gimme1ibertee

They vanish after college - either they snap out of it, or become full-blown gargoyles. :)


42 posted on 03/01/2021 5:53:06 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Has anyone asked Gina Carano her opinion yet?
43 posted on 03/01/2021 5:54:09 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: jpsb

Now they call her Peg!


44 posted on 03/01/2021 5:54:28 AM PST by 9422WMR (Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

insignia used by the 7th ss mountain volunteer division “prinz Eugen”, primarily used in balkans to combat tito’s partisans

in use long before third reich period, also.


45 posted on 03/01/2021 5:54:36 AM PST by QualityMan ( I got nuthin...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Screw Julia Harte and all the other liars in media...


46 posted on 03/01/2021 5:54:43 AM PST by silent majority rising
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To: Robert A Cook PE
Oh, so turning a symbol upside down - like Biden-Harris' Secretary of State did during his OFFCIAL video to the Mexican government displaying the Mexican flag upside down - is a recognized, official way to repudiate that symbol and all it stands for?

Well, not necessarily "Official", but recognized in a general way. I think I missed that particular incident, but it sounds like mere stupidity on their part. Or maybe they WERE deliberately insulting Mexico. Anythging's possible with that bunch.
47 posted on 03/01/2021 5:54:47 AM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Michael.SF.

They are

Beserkers

Aka Borg

I like berserkers better

It’s accurate.


48 posted on 03/01/2021 5:55:13 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran 78 to 84 )
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To: T-Bird45

Put NOTHING past a leftist. Their mental state is one of continuous hate and bitterness. Only God can fix what is death in their spirit.


49 posted on 03/01/2021 5:55:19 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am a pretty fair student of World War II, and I’ve never seen that. You would have to look at Atlas Obscura to find that connection. Maybe it’s really a Nazi lapel thing, but nothing but a collector would know that.

Now let’s talk about the red star over America in the jeep commercial and in several democrat events.


50 posted on 03/01/2021 6:05:11 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: jpsb

How old is that pic? 25 years?


51 posted on 03/01/2021 6:05:48 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda es)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nothing can be in a circle now because it’s the center feature of the Nazi “A-okay” symbol, as well.


52 posted on 03/01/2021 6:06:08 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But Qanon, meanwhile, is a “crazy conspiracy theory.”


53 posted on 03/01/2021 6:07:05 AM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

54 posted on 03/01/2021 6:10:29 AM PST by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You know who else breathed air? Literally HITLER!!!!!! If you want to go around breathing air and being literally like HITLER all over the place, go ahead, bigots!!


55 posted on 03/01/2021 6:11:09 AM PST by cdcdawg (“we have to bring these people in.”)
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To: DoodleBob

I also think the rune was done on purpose by the contractor or designer
There is no denying the fact it is a perfect representation


56 posted on 03/01/2021 6:11:11 AM PST by setter
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The design only looks similar from that angle. The arms are almost the same length as the sides of the box, not 1/2 the length. There’s also a bar across the top, so it’s not even kind-of the same design..


57 posted on 03/01/2021 6:11:26 AM PST by edwinland
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

58 posted on 03/01/2021 6:12:35 AM PST by skimbell
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To: left that other site

Honi soit qui mal y pense


59 posted on 03/01/2021 6:12:55 AM PST by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Communism is a mental disorder, and Communists are what these “woke” people are.


60 posted on 03/01/2021 6:13:42 AM PST by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINO's, Islamonazis, Statists, Communists, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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