{"id":547337,"date":"2021-05-31T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547337"},"modified":"2021-05-31T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:21:09","slug":"hat-store-apologizes-for-yellow-not-vaccinated-star-of-david-patches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hat-store-apologizes-for-yellow-not-vaccinated-star-of-david-patches\/","title":{"rendered":"Hat Store Apologizes For Yellow \u2018Not Vaccinated\u2019 Star Of David Patches"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhat-store-apologizes-for-yellow-not-vaccinated-star-of-david-patches%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1061347824.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A Tennessee hat store is apologizing after backlash over the store\u2019s sale of yellow Star of David patches with the words \u201cNot Vaccinated\u201d emblazoned on them,\u00a0a design that echoes the yellow Stars of David that Nazis forced Jews to wear.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Nashville store, hatWRKS, owned by\u00a0Gigi Gaskins, issued an apology per an Instagram post on Saturday, saying no disrespect was intended by selling the Star of David badges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn NO WAY did I intend to trivialize the Star of David or disrespect what happened to millions of people,\u201d Gaskins wrote in her apology Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPeee3MBk5T\/\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not who I am &#038; what I stand for. My intent was not to exploit or make a profit. My hope was to share my genuine concern &#038; fear, and to do all that I can to make sure that nothing like that ever happens again. I sincerely apologize for any insensitivity,\u201d Gaskins wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The no longer active Instagram post that sparked the controversy featured a picture of Gaskins sporting the Star of David patch and said \u201ctrucker caps\u201d with the same design would also be available.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6969696969697\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And here\u2019s the scene at Hatworks\/Hateworks today\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7LorTIvIKR\">pic.twitter.com\/7LorTIvIKR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTNHoller\/status\/1398697338068160515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the controversial Instagram post, protesters gathered outside the store to express their disapproval. Some brought signs with a blown-up version of the photo of Gaskin wearing the Star of David patch, and other demonstrators brought a banner reading,\u00a0\u201cNO NAZIS IN NASHVILLE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The store initially appeared to defend the design of the Star of David patch, writing in one Instagram post, \u201call unvaccinated people will be segregated from society, marked &#038; must wear a mask. what comes next?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a historical parallel to fascism to be drawn,\u201d hatWRKS wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<p>Several companies pulled their products from hatWRKS following the controversy, including apparel company\u00a0Stetson, which announced that it and its distribution partners would no longer sell Stetson products at the store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of the offensive content and opinions shared by HatWRKS in Nashville, Stetson and our distribution partners will cease the sale of all Stetson products,\u201d Stetson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StetsonUSA\/status\/1398772331619643392\">said<\/a> in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Hat company Goorin Bros originally said it was \u201cinvestigating internally what actions can be taken and how quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, owner and president Ben Goorin said the company would end its distribution with hatWRKS \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d saying the company is \u201d horrified\u201d by the badge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jewish badge was a key element used by Nazis beginning in 1939 who planned to persecute and eventually murder millions of Jews. They used the badge to humiliate, segregate, and control the movement of all Jews over seven years old,\u201d Goorin wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make a mockery of the Holocaust in any form is unacceptable and completely insensitive. We are looking at all options to fix and address this unfortunate circumstance,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Kangol Headwear issued a similar statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPeUWAHLPrU\/\">announcing<\/a> that they gave Gaskins a \u201cchance to change,\u201d but \u201cher further posts indicate to us that she is not sincere in her apology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company added that it is \u201cpermanently terminating\u201d hatWRKS Nashville as a customer of the Kangol Headwear brand \u201ceffective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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