Ohio haunted house apologizes for hosting 'Swastika Saturday' event

[OilemFirchen]

Source: Dayton Daily News

A haunted house in Pataskala, Ohio has apologized for hosting a “Swastika Saturday” event over the weekend.

Haunted Hoochie hosted a Swastika-themed event on Saturday. The event received major backlash online after 11 people were killed in a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Federal prosecutors have filed hate crimes against suspect Robert Bowers, who made anti-Semitic statements during the shooting.

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According to the Haunted House Association’s website, The Haunted Hoochie has been in business for over 20 years. But this isn’t the first time the haunted house has been in the news for its choices. In 2015, the business experienced backlash due to “an upside-down, reversed American flag displayed above the attraction,” according to a USA Today article.

Read more: https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/ohio-haunted-house-apologizes-for-hosting-swastika-saturday-event/lfR7bLl7ZOlcF5puoBN9CM/

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Pataskala is in Licking County, 17 miles east of Columbus. Of its roughly 15,000 population, 94.58% are white. Registered voters are 57% Republican, 41% Democratic.

[BadGimp]

1. Hey! We ain't Nazis! Oh That... yeah well it was all in good fun.

[DownriverDem]

2. Come on

Are white folks really that insensitive or stupid in this day and age? I'm white and so totally disgusted with white righties.

[luvs2sing]

3. I grew up in that area.

Doesn’t surprise me one bit. In fact, the only thing that surprises me is that it is 41% Democratic.

[OilemFirchen]

4. That surprised me as well.

Pataskala went for Trump 60%, the lowest of the 23 townships in Licking County except for Granville, which actually supported Clinton.

https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2016/12/05/mary-ann-township-tops-trump-support-licking-county/94726884/

[a la izquierda]

7. Granville has a small, excellent liberal arts university.

I lived there for two years. Super little town.

[marble falls]

5. "We will not host any musical acts which perpetuate any kind of bigotry, intolerance, hate ...

speech, anti-Semitism, or the like, now, or ever again."

Looks like the Nuge lost another potential venue. Whomp whomp.

[rocktivity]

6. Even if a synagouge less than 200 miles away HADN'T gotten shot up on the SAME day

How in the world did ANYONE at Haunted Hoochie come to the conclusion that a swastika-based event was a good idea?


rocktivity