I had the experience of going to a doctor's appointment just after having done my volunteer gig at our county board of elections, still wearing my identifying enamel pin -- a red star with the date inside. My doctor was horrified, because of having migrated (legally) from Eastern Europe. I took the pin off immediately, but can only hope her family doesn't shop at Macy's:
Indeed! Every time I see an ad for Macy’s I can’t help but think of the USSR! Yikes!