Kanye West
Swastika Tee Sparks Merch War Online!!!
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Kanye West‘s biggest haters and supporters are waging a merchandise war in a global online marketplace … and it’s all been set off by his controversial swastika shirt.
The messy scene is playing out right now on Etsy, where the anti-Kanye crowd is giving Ye the finger with some new gear … while his stans are combining his name with a hate symbol, and slapping it on merch.
The deepfake video showing celebs wearing shirts emblazoned with a Jewish Star of David drawn on the back of a hand giving the bird to “Kanye” is providing some inspiration here … someone took the idea and ran with it, copying the shirt from the A.I. video and hawking it online.
Looks like a couple sellers had the same idea … though at two different price points … and there’s at least a couple dozen shoppers snatching up the anti-Kanye merch.
Meanwhile, a designer combined the word “Ye” with a swastika for a new shirt … though they’re trying to distance the design from Nazism.
The description says … “This T-Shirt is in no way intended to promote violence or antisemitism. This artwork is inspired by a ancient symbol in Hinduism that represents well-being, prosperity, and good fortune. It’s a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism. an ancient symbol in the form of an equal-armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used especially in South Asia as a symbol of good luck or spirituality.”
Kanye started all this with his Super Bowl commercial, which linked to his Yeezy website … where the only item for sale was a $20 white shirt with a black swastika.
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The shirt sparked a ton of outrage and his website went offline … and now people are trying to cash in on the controversy.