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A vendor at Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach, Florida, [let's call her "Eva"] sparked controversy last week by selling hats with Nazi symbols and imagery, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Fräulein Eva, as we will refer to her, told the local news outlet that the merchandise was not reflective of racism on her part, [just a tad bit of her anti-Semitic sentiments] and claimed the swastika-logo hats were a tribute to veterans of World War II, without specifying which side she was pulling for in the war.
To her great credit, not all of her crap contained Nazi imagery.
“It’s absolutely disgusting to see a vendor selling Nazi and SS gear, but it’s even worse that the only reason they would do so is because people are actually buying it,” said visitor Jonathan Davis, who took photos of the items and shared them over Facebook, sparking the outrage, according to the News-Journal.
The items were being sold on a stand on the back deck of a local bar called Froggy's, though the bar's owner later removed them.
“I’m upset, too,” owner Bobby Honeycutt said on Friday, claiming he had first heard of the situation after the Facebook post, the News-Journal reported. “That’s not what I am. That’s not the way we think here at Froggy’s. I rent vendors a space, that’s all. If I find they are doing something wrong, I shut it down.”
The Biketoberfest is a massive annual biker rally in the city that sees participants numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Not everyone there is a white supremacist because there aren't a large number of the anal sphincters in the country, but evidently some of the bikers there are and Eva was catering to them.
The items sold caused backlash from local Floridians, including Jewish Federation of Volusia and Flagler Counties president Marvin Miller.
“It’s just a shame in this day and age,” Miller explained to the News-Journal. “It never stops. We just have to deal with it and just remember that we’re still America. Unfortunately, people abuse some of the wonderful rights we have and take it to extremes to spread propaganda.”
Others also criticized the crap Eva sold, such as SS armbands and other Nazi insignia.
The items sold caused backlash from local Floridians, including Jewish Federation of Volusia and Flagler Counties president Marvin Miller.
“It’s just a shame in this day and age,” Miller explained to the News-Journal. “It never stops. We just have to deal with it and just remember that we’re still America. Unfortunately, people abuse some of the wonderful rights we have and take it to extremes to spread propaganda.”
Others also criticized the crap Eva sold, such as SS armbands and other Nazi insignia.
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How the hell are the articles worn by the enemy supposed to honor our U.S World War II veterans? Unless Eva et al, wear it to honor the other side and to indicate their hatred of Jews and other victims of the Holocaust.
“It’s absolutely disgusting to see a vendor selling Nazi and SS gear, but it’s even worse that the only reason they would do so is because people are actually buying it,” said visitor Jonathan Davis, who took photos of the items and shared them over Facebook, sparking the outrage, according to the News-Journal.
The items were being sold on a stand on the back deck of a local bar called Froggy's, though the bar's owner later removed them.
“I’m upset, too,” owner Bobby Honeycutt said on Friday, claiming he had first heard of the situation after the Facebook post, the News-Journal reported. “That’s not what I am. That’s not the way we think here at Froggy’s. I rent vendors a space, that’s all. If I find they are doing something wrong, I shut it down.”
Maybe next year he'll check what merchandise is being sold.
Adding voice to the criticism was Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry.
"Needless to say it's repulsive and not something we welcome and want in our city," Henry said, according to the News-Journal.
"I'm a believer in First Amendment rights and I want to make sure we're not trampling on someone's rights. But it's morally reprehensible someone would want to sell that."
Adding voice to the criticism was Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry.
"Needless to say it's repulsive and not something we welcome and want in our city," Henry said, according to the News-Journal.
"I'm a believer in First Amendment rights and I want to make sure we're not trampling on someone's rights. But it's morally reprehensible someone would want to sell that."
Let's wait and see if next year Eva plans to sell anti-Islam items. I kind of doubt it.
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