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Zara removes contraversial star T-shirt

Discussion in 'Free Fire Zone' started by Skipper, Aug 27, 2014.

  1. Skipper

    Skipper Kommodore

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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I don't know if outrage would have been my first thought.

    To use a good ol' Southern term, it's tacky.
     
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    Skipper Kommodore

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    I'd say it's more than just a lack of class. It's provocation and bad taste.
     
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    Agreed. Tacky as hell.
     
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    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Sheriff shirt?? I call that "B" as in bull, and "S" as in scat.

    That is not just tacky. It is stupid.
     
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    I think the fuss over this top has a lot more to do with the intense sensitivity and offense-hungry nature of of our soshul meeja age than anything truly offensive, tacky, or even particularly reminiscent of the holocaust.

    Look at it in shrunken isolation on a web page surrounded by some negative comment and a holocaust cue or two - shock! Horror! Awful!
    Look at it in a shop, on a rack with dozens of other kids clothes - oh look, stripey with a sheriff's badge.

    In short. So what. Cutesy kid's top. Stripes not even going the same way as a camp uniform.
    What next. Ban stripey tops? No black, red & white clothes maybe? Yellow stars of any kind hidden from kid's view?

    The handbag is harder to explain. ;)
    Lazy reference to Hinduism maybe...

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    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Oh, come on, VP. A sheriff's shirt with horizontal stripes? In the first place, they aren't slimming. Second, stars and stripes do not go well together... with one obvious exception, of course.

    :flag_USAwave: :flag_USAwave: :flag_USAwave: :)
     
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    And a Titanic reference!
    Disgraceful. People died on that ship.
     
  10. Christopher47

    Christopher47 Same Song, Fourth Verse

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    Camp inmates wore stripe---up and down.

    These are hoops...round and round. Do people make this stuff up? Someone offended by this? find something of true substance to complain about FGS.

    When I was a teen, there were not near as many 'members' of the public in a constant state of flux between outrage and indignation. The advent of Political Correctness, (thankyou, Feminidt Movement) has engendered a section of society that goes from place to place being permanently outraged by one thing or another that would not even have rated a mention not so long ago.

    Why do these people feel the need for this insipid whining? If I went through life being shocked by everything, I would'nt be able to function.
     

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