Who Thought That This was a Good Idea?
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Makes the wrong statement?!!! Ya think?!! 
Apparently some have forgotten history. Or never learned it.
The people in charge of marketing, etc. at company's like Urban Outfitters are so far removed from that particular era in history that this seems OK to them. It's sad.
From the article:
The red “washed soft and perfectly broken in” sweatshirt, which was selling for $129 on urbanoutfitters.com, seems to have been a one-of-a-kind offer because the tagline for the offensive t-shirt read, “We only have one, so get it or regret it!” The regalia is now sold out, yet it has now popped up for sale on eBay (listed with a staggering starting bid of $550).
That may be true of the shirt- but they missed the point that 9 were severely injured and 4 die.
Urbanoutfitters has forgotten the face of their father!
The red “washed soft and perfectly broken in” sweatshirt, which was selling for $129 on urbanoutfitters.com, seems to have been a one-of-a-kind offer because the tagline for the offensive t-shirt read, “We only have one, so get it or regret it!” The regalia is now sold out, yet it has now popped up for sale on eBay (listed with a staggering starting bid of $550).
That may be true of the shirt- but they missed the point that 9 were severely injured and 4 die.
Urbanoutfitters has forgotten the face of their father!
The full apology from Urban Outfitters reads:
Isn’t the first time Urban Outfitters has done something like this and won’t be the last. Possibly a calculated marketing decision to suffer the little bits of backlash over lots of media attention and a zillion hits to their website... and with the disclaimer allowing them to proclaim no culpability. If I were a soulless marketing guru... I’d say “genius!”
“Urban Outfitters sincerely apologizes for any offense our Vintage Kent State Sweatshirt may have caused. It was never our intention to allude to the tragic events that took place at Kent State in 1970 and we are extremely saddened that this item was perceived as such. The one-of-a-kind item was purchased as part of our sun-faded vintage collection. There is no blood on this shirt nor has this item been altered in any way. The red stains are discoloration from the original shade of the shirt and the holes are from natural wear and fray. Again, we deeply regret that this item was perceived negatively and we have removed it immediately from our website to avoid further upset.”
Isn’t the first time Urban Outfitters has done something like this and won’t be the last. Possibly a calculated marketing decision to suffer the little bits of backlash over lots of media attention and a zillion hits to their website... and with the disclaimer allowing them to proclaim no culpability. If I were a soulless marketing guru... I’d say “genius!”
Someone go egg Urban Outfitters corporate headquarters, quick. Asshats.
Perhaps all the buzz around Urban Outfitters recent “Holocaust Tee” was a rounding success?
Nope, no controversy intended whatsoever with the Kent Tee. Wink, wink.
Mayhaps a Charlie Manson Family Tee is next up?
Nope, no controversy intended whatsoever with the Kent Tee. Wink, wink.
Mayhaps a Charlie Manson Family Tee is next up?
I got some old sweatshirts...maybe I could make a killing on them? I have a mission! Full of caulking, paint, dried up spray-foam insulation. Wonder what I could pass that stuff off as? Any suggestions?
There's no such thing as bad publicity. Got us talking about it, didn't they?
Or just wanted to cash in on it. SMH
Their intention was to make money. And they did.
Even better, a Charles Manson maternity shirt, splattered with a bloody "Helter Skelter" across the front. (Manson murder victim Sharon Tate was heavily pregnant when they killed her.)Perhaps all the buzz around Urban Outfitters recent “Holocaust Tee” was a rounding success?
Nope, no controversy intended whatsoever with the Kent Tee. Wink, wink.
Mayhaps a Charlie Manson Family Tee is next up?
Make 'em look like construction materials and call it a World Trade Center Tee.
...maybe they'll come out next with a grape flavored drink mix that was endorsed by Jim Jones...
To this day...I can not drink grape Kool-Aid without thinking about those poor people.
I am surprised Kool Aid is still in business. Can you imagine after all that?
We drink it, but I think of them every single time.
I'm going to borrow Reds quote regarding Kent State Sweatshirt and the Holocost T's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85V1Xewv20k
They wouldn't think they were so clever and irreverent if it was the blood of one of their children on that sweatshirt.
But it wasn't Kool Aid's fault. It was some crazy maniac.
It was actually Flavor Aid they drank. There were grape flavored packets of Flavor Aid used. A storage container had Kool Aid in it and that's why people think it was Kool Aid.
"Given that reasoning, Jones and several members argued that the group should commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced grape-flavored Flavor Aid. Later released videos made to show the best of Jonestown show Jones opening a storage container full of Kool-Aid in large quantities. However, empty packets of grape Flavor Aid found on the scene show that this is what was used to mix the "potion" (as was referred to in several statements obtained by the FBI in the final tape recordings) along with a sedative.["
...hence my sarcasm of "grape flavored drink"....generic sarcasm that is...