US hat shop owner denounced for sale of Star of David patches
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Tennessee store owner offered a ‘not vaccinated’ badge similar in shape and colour to those that the Nazis forced Jews to wear.
The owner of a Tennessee hat shop is facing a social media backlash and business boycotts after posting a photo of herself wearing a yellow patch resembling the Star of David with the words “not vaccinated”. The photo posted by Gigi Gaskins, owner of HatWRKS in Nashville, showed her smiling and wearing a badge that looks similar in shape and colour to those that the Nazis forced Jews to wear in Europe during the Holocaust. A caption with the photo advertised the patches for $5 apiece. “People are so outraged by my post? But are you outraged with the tyranny the world is experiencing?” Gaskins said on Instagram.
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