[swissman]

Originally posted by HausofNiko

People are being randomly shot and killed at schools for children with disabilities but people decide to worry about THIS? Some of y'all need to rethink your priorities

I understand it may seem like they are portraying the disease as something fun, but it's a freaking sweater at target

This is the type of comment you make you don’t want to empathize with someone’s feelings. This isn’t a rally about OCD rights. This is just one situation. No one is preventing anyone else from starting new threads, commenting in them or discussing more pertinent issues there, nor is anyone saying this issue is above others. It's merely a discussion about this one topic.

[Mani.]

Originally posted by swissman

So what you’re saying is that because YOU have no problem with it, and YOU are not personally victimized by the shirt, and YOU do not have any negative feelings or pain when you read the shirt and see something that affects your life so much be made into a joke, that everyone should too?

Nah.

If we all were more empathetic to each other, then we'd all be better off. Would your life be worse without this shirt? Would someone's be better? Let's go with the one that does the most good.

No. More like just because YOU are personally victimized by everything you see or find offensive dealing with OCD, does not mean we all have to abide by your rules. The world does not revolve around you or anyone else's personal story. And once again, feeling victimized by something you can conquer does what exactly? Target should ignore this and keep the shirts. This is so idiotic and weak.

[Mani.]

Like, you need someone to empathize with you to feel better? What kind of co-dependent "I need people's acceptance to feel better" world do we live in? That is your real problem here. It's like, grow up.

[Blatboy]

Mess @ an 18 page argument over a ****ing sweater that is a dumb little Christmas joke. Anyone who puts their "mental illness" as part of their identity all over their social media is extra as **** btw.

[Crazy Lights]

Lol, shut up bitch.

[Mani.]

Originally posted by heckinglovato

I love how all the bigots stopped posting here after they got dragged left and right.

It's called a life? Sorry your time can be easily consumed by a topic.

[Mani.]

Originally posted by Blatboy

Mess @ an 18 page argument over a ****ing sweater that is a dumb little Christmas joke. Anyone who puts their "mental illness" as part of their identity all over their social media is extra as **** btw.

Right?

[Save My Life]

[musicgirl224]

Originally posted by Mani.

No. More like just because YOU are personally victimized by everything you see or find offensive dealing with OCD, does not mean we all have to abide by your rules. The world does not revolve around you or anyone else's personal story. And once again, feeling victimized by something you can conquer does what exactly? Target should ignore this and keep the shirts. This is so idiotic and weak.

[musicgirl224]

Just because I don't feel victimized like heckinglovato seems to be by every post, does not make me a bigot. EVERYONE has problems and EVERYONE has their own sh*t to deal with in life, the fact people constantly play the victim card when other people don't agree with them is a terrible mindset to have just in life in general.

[Eggy.]

Originally posted by Blatboy

Mess @ an 18 page argument over a ****ing sweater that is a dumb little Christmas joke. Anyone who puts their "mental illness" as part of their identity all over their social media is extra as **** btw.

[Dylobs]

Originally posted by revel8

This pic was in America. They have freedom of speech protection there. So unless it falls foul of copyright laws, or other First Amendment exceptions then AFAIK vendors are free to have slogans/phrases on merchandise they are selling. If people get offended then they have the right to complain but unless it is illegal they cannot prevent the sale of the merchandise. They could attempt to publicly shame the vendor into removing the item, and organise a boycott but I don't think it is illegal to sell such items. Attempts to prevent the sale of such items would seem to be attempts at censorship which would run contrary to the US First Amendment protections for Freedom of Speech. A US lawyer would have to confirm this though.

If some people on the internet get offended, then too bad. They just have to get over it. Selling an item of clothing which is in bad taste is not illegal in the US.

Originally posted by revel8

Sure. but the crux of the issue is that this person referenced in the OP is objecting to the sale of the item of clothing. People have then started arguing about whether the item is offensive or not, and talking about the characteristics of the person complaining. My point is that it doesn't matter whether the sweater is offensive or not, the vendor is entitled to sell it regardless. I think it is protected under First Amendment legislation.

Attempts to prevent the sale, which seems to be the intent of the complaining party, would probably fail because it would be seen as an attempt at censorship, because the only objection to the item is the written words on it. While the complainer is entitled to object using her freedom of speech rights, similarly the vendor is allowed to sell the clothing item using their freedom of speech protection.

In essense the woman might well be offended, but she just needs to get on with her life. And her friends need to now troll her by buying her one for Christmas.

[Nutitle]

A damn mess

[jpow]

Originally posted by heckinglovato

I love how all the bigots stopped posting here after they got dragged left and right.

Girl, you were the one being dragged in this thread

[Rogue]

Originally posted by Blatboy

Mess @ an 18 page argument over a ****ing sweater that is a dumb little Christmas joke. Anyone who puts their "mental illness" as part of their identity all over their social media is extra as **** btw.

This! My god!

[Andres]

boo who

[Sazare]

Originally posted by Flare

At the end of the day, the girl simply posted about the sweater on her twitter account and I took a look through her twitter and she hasn't even discussed it since. Clearly it doesn't bother her how ATRL is blowing it up to be. Literally like sharks to blood, certain people on this site fly into the "SJW" threads and start complaining about their personal issues with SJWs without reading anything in the OP, sources, other replies, doing outside research, etc. Maybe you all shouldn't have read just the article and should have read her actual tweet on it and just take it for what it is: one tweet expressing a concern which Target gladly responded to already and everyone moved on from

Well damn. Why is this thread even still open.

[Sazare]

Originally posted by Dylobs

Why are you ""ing that? It's completely wrong. This has nothing to do with censorship as has been established in this thread many times. Just because a post is long-winded doesn't mean it actually has any tea. My goodness.

[xtina10]

Its a simple joke on a PIECE OF CLOTHING.
Nothing more. Don't like it? Don't buy it. Simple as is!!

[Departure]

All these essays over a sweater