Workboots That Leave Swastika Tracks Yanked by Company
Image by Reddit
Work boots or jackboots? That’s a question that a Reddit user raised after getting new shoes for his job, discovering that they left an imprint that closely resembled a swastika.
“There was an angle I didn’t get to see when ordering my new work boots,” the man wrote on Reddit, sharing a photo of the boot bottoms and the tracks they made.
The item, Polar Fox Boots from the Conal International Trading manufacturer, was purchased on Amazon. After the post went viral on Reddit, Conal announced that it would recall the product. It was unclear whether the boots would also be removed from Amazon’s online store.
But in the meantime, Redditers had fun with puns. “Very comfortable. Nein out of ten,” one punster wrote. “Good for marching into Poland,” another mused.
The discovery of the swastika boots comes amid worries that companies might soon try to pander to the ascendant “alt-right,” — the term preferred by contemporary white supremacists — with Wendy’s recently tweeting out an image of Pepe the Frog and a promotion agency for Cadillac seeking a “neo-Nazi” types for an ad.
Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30
