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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: Salamander

May Oui! :-)


61 posted on 03/01/2021 6:14:51 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: cdcdawg; Jane Long

LOL


62 posted on 03/01/2021 6:15:09 AM PST by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Might as will just tweak then and say “we didn’t know that, but it’s kinda a cool coincidence since we intend to attack communists “. Then sit back and watch them sputter and spin themselves up. Maybe we’ll get lucky and a few might pop a critical vessel.


63 posted on 03/01/2021 6:16:10 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: left that other site

Tres bien!


64 posted on 03/01/2021 6:16:56 AM PST by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: jpsb

It’s amazing what makeup and lighting can do. I seriously doubt she looks anything near that photo now.


65 posted on 03/01/2021 6:20:08 AM PST by nfldgirl
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Aren’t the Hyatt hotel chain owned by the Pritzker family? As in JB Pritzker ultra-liberal Governor of Illinois?


66 posted on 03/01/2021 6:21:48 AM PST by BobinIL
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

The Viking/Norwegan/Norse alphabet used throughout is now a symbol of hate, despite Norway being an ally of the Reich in the same sense as France or Poland. Perhaps we should outlaw French.

67 posted on 03/01/2021 6:22:42 AM PST by SJackson (If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun...folks in Philly like a good brawl, BH Obama)
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To: Gay State Conservative

How are Divers supposed to signal they are OK now??


68 posted on 03/01/2021 6:23:04 AM PST by BobinIL
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69 posted on 03/01/2021 6:24:28 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: Michael.SF.

>>These people are absolutely deranged.<<

Yep. Finding a white demon behind every bush. Freakin delusional.


70 posted on 03/01/2021 6:24:41 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: T-Bird45; setter
This is where we are. It's a twist on a false flag operation or Antifa commingling with Trump supporters.

All such design or related work must be in-sourced henceforth. They goes for MyPillow.com etc lest some leftist saboteur at an outsourcing firm puts fiberglass etc into the stuffing.

71 posted on 03/01/2021 6:25:15 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Runes were like memes at one time.


72 posted on 03/01/2021 6:29:17 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Left has a small contingent in their internet army of keyboard warriors who do nothing but look for absurd comparisons to trigger conservatives and keep them on the defensive.


73 posted on 03/01/2021 6:29:23 AM PST by robel
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They’re seeing a similarity between the Odal symbol and the CPAC logo? Seriously? What are these people smoking.


74 posted on 03/01/2021 6:30:46 AM PST by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Confirmation bias in its purest form.


75 posted on 03/01/2021 6:31:31 AM PST by Doctor Freeze
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

It’s a barracks at the US Marine base in San Diego. You can see it on google earth.


76 posted on 03/01/2021 6:32:44 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: HotHunt

I’m offended that the liberal communist left is offended.
Since I’m offended, they must disband immediately!


77 posted on 03/01/2021 6:35:18 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That IS interesting.

But how many of us knew about this symbol until these profligate hand-wringers brought it up?

My God, this is EXACTLY the kind of thing I just mentioned to my husband...how I didn’t know all these words as racial epithets until craven liberals start bellyaching about it! To wit “coon” which people in my home neighborhood whined about and changed street name after 40 years because it had that word in it! I lived 5 min bike ride from there and never, ever did I know that word was “bad” and “racially offensive”.

Same deal here.


78 posted on 03/01/2021 6:38:14 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The “Anti-Defamation League”, just like the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-leftist, hate-America outfit who will tell any lie, no matter how outrageous, to push forward the commie agenda.


79 posted on 03/01/2021 6:39:41 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Election Fraud Deniers--Won't follow the science, won't follow the law.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...

Crock of Hyatt ****. Thanks RACPE.


80 posted on 03/01/2021 6:40:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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