A Nashville hat seller removed an Instagram post after fueling social media controversy, selling a patch that looks like the Jewish Star of David.
The Star of David has six points and is formed of two, often interlaced, equilateral triangles. ApproximatelyThe business responded with an"People are so outraged by my post? But are you outraged with the tyranny the world is experiencing? If you don't understand what is happening, that is on you not me. I pay much more respect to history by standing up with the fallen than offering silence and compliance.
Hatwrks later posted an apology Saturday, stating the business did not mean to"trivialize" or"disrespect" what happened during the Holocaust. The statement added:"My hope was to share my genuine concern & fear, and to do all that I can to make sure that nothing like that ever happens again. I sincerely apologize for any insensitivity."The Tennessee Holocaust Commission responded to the original post on Saturday, calling it"horrific.". "We must continue to speak out.
"Thank you to everyone locally and nationally who expressed collective outrage regarding the offensiveness of Nazi and Holocaust imagery to promote a political agenda here in Nashville," the."This level of willful ignorance and craven cruelty is a disservice to the memory of the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust."
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