Post about man in Nazi T-shirt at Crossgates goes viral (Albany, New York)

The Times-Union ^ | July 23, 2018 | Lauren Stanforth

[2ndDivisionVet]

The incident was jarring for those who saw it in person, but it didn't even register a blip in the Capital Region at large Friday:

An unidentified man wearing a T-shirt with the Nazi swastika was seen walking in downtown Albany and inside Crossgates Mall.

But after the owner of Jay St. Video Games in the mall posted a message on Facebook saying he refused to sell a book to the man and ordered him out of the store, the topic exploded on social media platforms, generating thousands of comments on Reddit, and hundreds of retweets on Twitter.

Pictures of the man surfaced. The onslaught of comments was on. Thousands offered either salty language of praise about the man's ejection from the store, or debated what kind of protections are in place even for those who display hateful symbols....

[bray]

They don’t like it when the truth about Marxism comes out. They like people to think socialism is gum balls and unicorns when it is gulags and executions.

[Altura Ct.]

what kind of protections are in place even for those who display hateful symbols....

Who gets to define 'hateful symbols'?

[T-Bone Texan]

Exactly.

Punching a Nazi sounds great, until you realize that you, me, and everyone we know is considered a Nazi by the credulous mouth breathing leftists.

[1Old Pro]

Crossgates Mall is one of those malls on the bus route, overrun with gangs of young thugs.

[Fresh Wind]

"I didn't have Reddit until about two in the morning last night," Hughes said Sunday about having to create a profile just to read the post called "Neo Nazi tries to buy video game."

That's BS. You don't need to register to view posts on Reddit.

[Palio di Siena]

The guy on laugh in used to wear a nazi uniform

[Fresh Wind]

Went to look on YouBoob for a video of this, and there doesn’t seem to be one, which is suspicious to begin with.

But I did find this one from the Phillipines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6WsIySE3Y

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What about THIS old US Army patch from pre WW II.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_12_2014/post-28946-0-19193300-1418249196.jpg

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

You can still buy Japanese Rising Sun and Meatball flags in certain stores.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Reminds me of the 1960s when motorcycle gangs took to wearing German Swastikas, helmets and jackets jut to offend people.

[VietVet]

Yeah, smells like a set up. However, what's the problem? Guy has a right to wear the shirt; store owner has the right to refuse to sell him a video game and ask that he leave the store. (Video game store is not a ‘public accommodation’ like a restaurant or hotel) Store owner seems to have jumped to the conclusion that the guy's shirt indicated offensive beliefs, and he was quick of the mark bragging about his offended sensibilities and his righteous response. That's the part that murmurs “set up!”