White Supremacy

REVIEW MARKER, NOT A MEANING CLAIM. Added by T11.8c under the vibe-ops relation-type ruling of 2026-08-30: an appropriated hate meaning keeps its can_symbolize edge (rel_t118b_0044) AND gains a requires_review edge, so the hazard is reachable by review tooling without traversing symbolism. This edge asserts only that a human must look. The ADL entry cited here bounds what the reviewer is looking for: “Most sunwheel designs are unrelated to hate or white supremacy”, so the review must establish that the specific Nazi-derived design is the one in hand before this hazard applies.

REVIEW MARKER, NOT A MEANING CLAIM, and on this node the marker points AWAY from the hazard as often as toward it. Added by T11.8c under the vibe-ops ruling of 2026-08-30, alongside the existing can_symbolize edges rel_t118b_0030 (living Asatru faith) and rel_t118b_0031 (documented appropriation). The ADL entry cited here states the reviewer's task in its own words: “one should never assume that the Thor's Hammer appearing by itself necessarily denotes racism or white supremacy”, and “Instead, one should carefully judge the symbol in the context in which it appears.” A reviewer reaching this edge is being told to judge, not to refuse.

REVIEW MARKER ON A MOTIF THAT CARRIES NO SYMBOLIC EDGE AT ALL - which is exactly why this relation type is needed here. motif_lightning_bolt has no can_symbolize edge and must not get one; a single bolt is an ordinary motif. The hazard is scoped to the DOUBLED form, which the ADL records as the SS Bolts and says “has come to be associated with a lightning bolt image”, adding that “These variants of the SS bolts are most frequently associated with prison tattoos.” Under the vibe-ops ruling of 2026-08-30 this edge makes that hazard findable by review tooling; before it existed the warning lived only in a description field, reachable by nothing.

REVIEW MARKER, per the vibe-ops relation-type ruling of 2026-08-30. What the reviewer must establish is a question of DRAWN PROPORTION, and the ADL states the test: the ordinary form has “an elongated vertical axis (often accompanied by Celtic knotwork)”, the hazard form is the short square cross “surrounded by a circle”. The ADL declines to make even that decisive - “although even here care must be taken always to judge it in context”. A review that stops at the word 'Celtic Cross' will get this wrong in both directions.

REVIEW MARKER WITH NO can_symbolize EDGE BESIDE IT, AND THAT ABSENCE IS THE FINDING. The ADL records the Nazi appropriation - “During the 1930s, the Nazi regime in Germany superimposed a swastika on the traditional medal, turning it into a Nazi symbol” - and then withdraws the standalone hazard in terms too plain to edge around: “an Iron Cross in isolation (i.e., without a superimposed swastika or without other accompanying hate symbols) cannot be determined to be a hate symbol.” Writing a can_symbolize edge on the bare form would contradict the source. The review edge carries the hazard to anyone who needs it while the graph declines to assert the meaning; the ADL's own instruction is the review criterion: “Care must therefore be used to correctly interpret this symbol in whatever context in which it may be found.”

APPROPRIATION, NOT MEANING - and strength 0.25 is doing real work here rather than expressing doubt about the source. ADL: the symbol “has been appropriated by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists, especially those who practice racist or white supremacist versions of neo-Norse beliefs under the guise of Odinism or Wotanism.” The SAME SENTENCE THAT ESTABLISHES THIS EDGE FORBIDS READING IT ALONE: “the fact that it is an important symbol for non-racist Norse pagans means that one should never assume that the Thor's Hammer appearing by itself necessarily denotes racism or white supremacy.” Confidence is high because the source is unambiguous; strength is low because the ADL says the plain symbol usually does NOT carry this.

ADL, Tier 1: “Unlike many other types of sunwheel symbols, which may have a hate-related usage only in certain contexts, or not at all, the specific Nazi-derived Sonnenrad/Black Sun symbol is almost always used as a white supremacist symbol.” Strength 0.75 rather than 1.0 because the ADL says “almost always”, not always - and because the same entry insists “Most sunwheel designs are unrelated to hate or white supremacy”, so the edge must not be generalised to sunwheels at large.

SCOPED TO ONE OF TWO DRAWN FORMS. ADL, Tier 1: “The white supremacist version of the Celtic Cross, which consists of a square cross interlocking with or surrounded by a circle, is one of the most important and commonly used white supremacist symbols.” Strength is 0.25 because the SAME entry states the opposite about the other form: “the overwhelming use of this version of the Celtic Cross is non-extremist and, in the absence of other hate symbols, does not denote white supremacy or racism”. Confidence is high because the ADL is unambiguous that the hazard form exists; strength is low because the ADL is equally unambiguous that most renditions are not it. THIS EDGE MAY NOT BE READ WITHOUT rel_t118c_0005 AND rel_t118c_0007.