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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: T-Bird45

Perhaps those contractors DELIBERATELY SET UP THE CONSERVATIVES WITH THIS!


81 posted on 03/01/2021 6:40:19 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: Road Warrior ‘04

Next time Kindergarten Cop comes on, see if they cut out the scene where the little boys says, “boys have penises, and girls have vaginas”.


82 posted on 03/01/2021 6:40:22 AM PST by Old Yeller (Nana Pelosi is a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples. Thus the slurred speaking.)
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To: Vision

All Hyatt employees should be required to attend reeducation for this derangement, apart from the spox who put out this swill, they should just be fired.


83 posted on 03/01/2021 6:42:16 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I understand what they are seeing, but I also understand than when you look hard enough you can see whatever you are looking for. The question is who designed the stage and what were the motivating factors in this design? I could totally see a progressive who hated CPAC but wanted the work planting this symbol there for just this response while everyone else was completely ignorant of its meaning.


84 posted on 03/01/2021 6:42:36 AM PST by Flying Circus (God help us )
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To: T-Bird45
Don’t you find it scary to be able to “understand” lefty “logic” like that?

In order to defeat them, we must go places we do not want to go. It's a dark and confusing place. I tend to drink a lot after looking in to that abyss...the horror... I

85 posted on 03/01/2021 6:44:04 AM PST by Turbo Pig
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

WTF ever

Tin foil futures are up


86 posted on 03/01/2021 6:44:40 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The problem is that it doesn’t look vaguely like the Norse Rune, it looks exactly like it. I’d bet the bank that whoever designed the stage wouldn’t know what the Norse Rune was and this was a complete coincidence. I’d bet nobody at the Hyatt had an idea of what a Nordic Rune was either or else they could have complained before the conference started. But it’s still a chance for the other side to make hay of it.


87 posted on 03/01/2021 6:45:08 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Hyatt Chain is owned by the Pritzker Family.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

It should. That fat slob arrogant elitist DemocRat governor of Illinois is in that family.

BOYCOTT HYATT!!!!


88 posted on 03/01/2021 6:45:17 AM PST by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS "SPARTACUS" BOOKER'S LANISTA.)
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To: left that other site
This reminds me of the Mudslums who see everything through insane eyes. For example, they were enraged that the squiggle on the top of an ice cream cone ressembled the word "Allah". It drove them crazy. This attack on CPAC is essentially akin to anger over ice cream cones.

For the record, I like the design of Norse runes. I image this is the celebrated rune:

And for the record, everything displaying a swastika isn't Nazi, not by a long shot:



89 posted on 03/01/2021 6:45:23 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: BobinIL

YEP.
ANOTHER BUNCH OF DEMOCRAT BILLIONAIRES USING CITIZENS UNITED


90 posted on 03/01/2021 6:47:16 AM PST by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS "SPARTACUS" BOOKER'S LANISTA.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

WWII history is an interest of mine, and even though I’m familiar with a lot of the Axis uniform features - that’s one that I probably wouldn’t have recognized. Interesting how these people are so familiar with Nazi minutia.


91 posted on 03/01/2021 6:48:58 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Don W

Coronado Navy base. San Diego.


92 posted on 03/01/2021 6:55:15 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

93 posted on 03/01/2021 6:56:20 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie; KC_Lion
Where is that?

The stage could have been planned by the "Loyal Opposition".

Why isn't Europe panicked by events since November?

94 posted on 03/01/2021 6:59:22 AM PST by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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To: cdcdawg; Salamander

One of my faves, to date!!

😂


95 posted on 03/01/2021 7:00:06 AM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: T-Bird45

Agree, but read after posting.


96 posted on 03/01/2021 7:00:40 AM PST by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; 100American; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; ...

Does anybody here actually believe that CPAC used a fascist rune symbol to govern the shape of their stage???

Combined PING! and DANG!


97 posted on 03/01/2021 7:03:34 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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To: gimme1ibertee

And if you do...tranny, guaranteed.


98 posted on 03/01/2021 7:03:35 AM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon
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To: FreedomPoster; jpsb
Ash, today....well, campaigning for Lizzy Warren.....



99 posted on 03/01/2021 7:04:07 AM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: Thommas

It was the shape of the stage, similar to a fascist rune symbol, that these knuckleheads were supposedly concerned about.


100 posted on 03/01/2021 7:05:26 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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