An Unfortunate T-Shirt Hits Florida Streets In Wake Of Trayvon Martin Killing

[FrodosPet]

Not that a lot of people would disagree with the shirt's message (other than the misogynistic word used), but it IS bad timing and exploitative of an innocent young man's violent demise:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/trayvon-martin/cracker-tshirt-759832

[Mz Pip]

1. The comments are pretty gross

calling this Obama's base. Tasteless repsonses to a tasteless t-shirt.

[FrodosPet]

3. They should have printed "Cowardly Murderer" instead

I understand the fear and frustration behind the shirt. But did they have to use the "P" word and the word "Cracker"? All they are doing is feeding the racists.

Or maybe that was the idea?

[Hugabear]

7. Racists don't need any feeding

If it wasn't for racism, Trayvon would still be alive.

[Lilyeye]

9. They were just as bad as the shirt.

Somehow this guy represents Obama and all black people. I swear its sickening what this is starting to turn into. The beginning of this gave me hope, but I started getting a feeling that it wouldn't last.

[mfcorey1]

2. Always some ignorant ass to detract from the issue of the needless death of

Tryvon Martin.

[Myrina]

4. I saw one here in Indy over the weekend ...

"Stand your fucking ground"


Really people? Really??

[MrSlayer]

5. That's just dumb.

Adds nothing positive to the discussion and only feeds the rw machine.

[RZM]

6. I think a lot of people would disagree with the message

'Pussy-ass' (as you said) is crude language. 'Cracker' is a slur and oddly used here against a man who is Latino.

But I think the main reason for it is not to make a statement, but to make a cheap buck off of the incident. Hustlers who exploit tragedy are a dime a dozen.

[FrodosPet]

8. I'm thinking "False Flag"

Maybe it is just pure economic exploitation, but I suspect this is a RW op to embarrass the opponents of racism. I hope people see it for what it is and whoever is printing these terrible shirts loses their a$$ on them.

[RZM]

10. I kind of doubt it. It's a big country. There are a lot of assholes out there

It's not unprecedented either. Remember 'The Juice is Loose' and 'Free OJ' t-shirts? Whoever was responsible for those, they resonated enough for some people to buy them.

Even if the person printing the shirts doesn't exactly believe the message, they are probably some swindler who doesn't care one way another about the left, right, or racism and is just trying to be as controversial as possible in hopes of making some $$. I'd say that's most likely. Next most likely is that it's a racist asshole who really believes the message. Least likely is that it's a false-flag thing. Anything's possible though.

[Nye Bevan]

11. Dignified and respectful.

Strikes exactly the right tone. Nice.

[one_voice]

12. Unfortunate is an understatement...

it's a disgusting shirt. This kind of shit doesn't help one bit, it hurts the cause.