Discussion for article #227687
How large is the bubble that people think, from design to production to retail, that this was a good idea?
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WowâŚI mean, just, wow. I eagerly await their their âVintage Columbineâ or âVintage Sandy Hookâ collection.
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Next month, the âVintage Auschwitzâ collection - stripes, yellow Star of David, available in âslim fitâ only.
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Bad taste, perhaps. But as a political statement itâs pretty good.
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Theyâve already done that: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/zara-yanks-baby-shirt-resembling-concentration-camp-uniform
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Sorry, but, no. Thereâs no âpolitical statementâ that justifies mocking a student that was shot to death.
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Vintage bad tasteâŚ.to say the least.
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Perhaps a Michael Brown âVintage Fergusonâ tee-shirt, compete with blood and bullet holes, or a âVintage Treyvon Martin hoodieâ with extra pockets for Skittles and iced tea? The list of potential items is limitless thanks to the Ohio National Guard, the Ferguson Police Department, the NRA, and âStand Your Groundâ laws everywhere.
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There seems to be an entire generation that just doesnât get history and itâs impact on society. It is if they were really brain dead. These stories show up way too often.
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Thought the same thing. Thatâs where the focus should lie if one wants to make a political statement.
They could also think about a pepper-sprayed sweatshirt.
Wow. Just a reminder â Urban outfitters is owned by a big time republican donor. Another reminder, back when the Kent state tragedy happened many conservatives cheered on the National Guard and suggested that protesters got what they deserved. Never give Urban outfitters your business. Their merchandise is tacky and overpriced anyway, even when it is not in horrible taste.
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I remember seeing archive footage from when that happened (I was only 5 at the time) and I canât forget the father of the shot boy saying âmy child was not a âbumââ in response to Nixonâs denunciation of the protesters as âbumsâ. Itâs still a powerfully sad statement to me.
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Who says they are mocking it? If someone from Occupy wore one it wouldnât seem ironic. âThe Governmentâ shooting students is different than Sandy Hook. Now THAT would be in bad taste.
While vile and tasteless⌠$129 for a fucking faded sweatshirt? Now that is vile!
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They no more cared about âmaking a political statementâ than Abercrombie cares about the sexual exploitation of minors. Theyâre just clueless AbFabbers trying to get some cheap buzz about their âedginessâ by exploiting events they donât actually understand and donât think anyone should really care about. Silly, shallow people who think theyâre on the cultural cutting edge are commonly incapable of distinguishing âedgyâ from âpurely, pointlessly offensive.â
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Because nothing says âOccupyâ like a $129 sweatshirt.
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The drive to be edgy is exactly the problem, and the only thing I could add is that this was almost certainly the product of 20something hipsters who see Boomers as cartoonishly ridiculous and contemptible and donât get that history, even history within very much living memory, thank you, consists of stuff that actually happened to real people and the stuff often wasnât all that hilarious. Fuckheads.
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"The red stains are discoloration from the original shade of the shirt and the holes are from natural wear and fray,â the statement read.
What absolute, transparent bullshit! How about if they just fessed-up and said: we thought we were being âedgyâ, but in reality we were being monumentally stupid, naive and ignorant and weâre incredibly sorry
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The real outrage here is that these numbskulls think that a sweatshirt with holes in it is worth $129.00.
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