Family turns swastikas to flowers and butterflies to combat hate in viral TikTok video

• Published date: 12 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

After reporting the swastikas to the police, she said the next day the swastikas were still there. She decided to return to the swastikas and draw over them with chalk to turn them into flowers, butterflies and hearts with her daughter

In the video on TikTok, which currently has 54.3K likes, she and her daughter are seen drawing the flowers, butterflies and hearts over the swastikas. At the end of the video is the image of a swastika-turned-flower with words written above reading, "Love lives here."

"Every time we see an act of hate, let's all do something with love to help someone or a community," Coffman wrote in a short blog posting after she made the TikTok entitled, "The Power of Chalk Butterflies."

She concluded her blog post saying, "If I'm going to keep pushing to live in this world, our...