ダビデの星に「ワクチン未接種」、ワッペン販売した店に非難殺到　米

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米テネシー州の帽子店が、第２次世界大戦中にナチス・ドイツがユダヤ人に着けさせたものに似た黄色い星に「ワクチン未接種」と書かれたワッペンを宣伝・販売し、非難を浴びている。（写真は資料写真）
　新型コロナウイルスによる死者が世界最多の米国では、ワクチン接種をめぐる論争があちこちで起きている。
　テネシー州ナッシュビルにある帽子店「ハットワークス」は５月２８日、経営者を名乗る女性が黒いＴシャツに「未接種」と書かれた黄色いダビデの星を着けている写真をインスタグラムに投稿。１枚５ドル（約５５０円）のワッペンを入荷したと宣伝した。現在この写真は削除されている。
　これを受け、米国を象徴するカウボーイハットの老舗メーカー「ステットソン」は２９日、ハットワークスとの取引を打ち切ると発表。ソーシャルメディアでもハットワークスに対する非難が巻き起こった。
　ハットワークスのフェイスブックページには、さまざまな批判を要約するかのように、「貴店のナチスの星バッジは、おそらく私が今まで見た中で最も攻撃的で反ユダヤ的なものだろう」とのコメントが書き込まれた。ツイッターでは、同店を非難する「＃ＨＡＴＥＷＯＲＫＳ」というハッシュタグが登場した。
　２９日にはハットワークスの店頭で数十人が抗議。地元メディアは「ナッシュビルにナチスは不要！」と書かれた横断幕を持つ人々を報じた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/06/01-13:52）

A hat shop in the US state of Tennessee was hit with backlash on Saturday, one day after promoting a yellow star patch like those worn by Jews in Nazi-era Germany, labeled not vaccinated.
It was the latest skirmish in the culture war surrounding Covid vaccination in the United States, which has suffered the highest death toll of any country in the pandemic.
Iconic American hatmaker Stetson said Saturday it would no longer do business with the Nashville shop HatWRKS, which was excoriated on social media and targeted by protesters.
On Friday, HatWRKS shared on its Instagram account a now-deleted photo announcing the arrival of the $5 patches. It showed a woman, reportedly the business owner, wearing a yellow Star of David with the message not vaccinated on her black T-shirt.
Your Nazi star badges are perhaps the most offensive, anti-Semitic thing I've ever seen, one user posted on the business's Facebook page, summing up the social media outcry in response to the post, while others used the hashtag #HATEWORKS.
Local media showed a few dozen protesters outside the shop on Saturday, including some who held up a banner declaring No Nazis in Nashville!
And Stetson, known for its Western hats, said on Saturday that as a result of the offensive content and opinions shared, Stetson and our distribution partners will cease the sale of all Stetson products to HatWRKS in Nashville.
The business, which regularly posted content on social media expressing views against coronavirus restrictions and Democratic President Joe Biden, replaced its controversial post with another one addressing its critics.
people are so outraged by my post? but are you outraged with the tyranny the world is experiencing? it said. if you don't understand what is happening, that is on you, not me.
The HatWRKS controversy came the same week that Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly equated Covid mask mandates with Nazis forcing Jews to wear yellow stars.
Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi's forced Jewish people to wear a gold star, the freshman Republican from Georgia tweeted about a business making its employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus wear a vaccination logo on their name badge.
She was sharply criticized by leaders of both political parties.
Biden on Friday deplored recent anti-Semitic attacks in the United States, saying in a statement: We cannot allow the toxic combination of hatred, dangerous lies, and conspiracy theories to put our fellow Americans at risk.