| | While swastikas were on display in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, most of the neo-Nazis and white supremacists there used other symbols, from the Confederate battle flag to the Detroit Red Wings logo. The rally reflected a shift in the swastika's place in the iconography of American hate. It is more popular than ever among non-ideological haters - kids, vandals, anyone out to shock or rebel or express a personal grudge against someone who happens to be Jewish, black, Hispanic or gay. But the more organized hate groups have begun to shun the swastika on the assumption that its infamy distracts from their message.
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