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Shitstorm on Twitter: SS-like symbol causes excitement
I beg your pardon? Mango sells a "blouse with a lightning-flash", the pressure of which is very reminiscent of the SS sig-rune. Sure, the Twitter Shitstorm was not long in coming!
After Zara made negative headlines with a children's shirt that recalled the uniform of a concentration camp prisoner and Urban Offfitters with a bloody "Kent State" sweatshirt irreverently reminiscent of a massacre at the US university, now follows the next shocker in a clothing chain: Mango currently has a " blouse with lightning" in the assortment, which triggered an indignant storm on Twitter. The reason: The pattern is reminiscent of the so-called Sig-rune, the symbol of Hitler's whipping troops, the SS .
The Sig rune is banned in every variation in Germany. "It was used in its double form by the SS, and simply by the German young people, " writes the Federal Agency for Civic Education. "She was probably originally the 'Sunrune' the Nazis interpreted her as a 'victory' rune."
The Twitter community reacts with malice and ridicule. There is no official statement from Mango yet.
Highly interesting look, @ Mango! Where you always get your inspiration ... http://t.co/ylQlYe60iY pic.twitter.com/V5u5UvVlw3
- Jan Miebach (@JanMie) 16 October 2014
Hello @ Mango, why is this shirt only for women? Would be synonymous for male Nazis of interest. pic.twitter.com/m8aG8KZDKj
- Daniel Mack (@danielmack) October 16, 2014
Loool "Do you want the total look?" Shirt with 'lightning pattern' at # Mango All modern from 1943 http://t.co/bteh1GxxwU pic.twitter.com/vES7oM9NI8
- Gigaplex (@ Gigaplex1) October 16, 2014
