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Joseph, wanna sleuth this one?
Amazon.com, doesn’t anyone look at your vendors’ items as they’re posted for sale? Apparently not, because this “Anti-Abortion, but Pro-Date Rape” T-shirt slipped through.
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At least the site did the right thing by pulling the item, for it now reads, under the product, “Currently unavailable: We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock.” But a T-shirt making light of sexual assault never should have been posted on the site, and we suspect some heads are gonna roll in corporate. You can help speed that process along with angry letters and phone calls to Amazon.com, 1200 12th Ave. S., Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98144, (206) 266-1000.
Update: The T-shirt was up on Amazon.com all morning, but clicking the link this afternoon now brings you to a generic “I’m sorry” page.
I wonder if they’re related to the Sock Obama folks.
Sphere: Related ContentBy Jill Miller Zimon at 6:48 pm July 2nd, 2008 in Health Care, Abortion, Sexism, Marketing, Civil Rights, Culture, Women, Government, Politics
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I guess something slipped through the cracks
who would make that or buy that?
Well - apparently it’s been around since last September available at foulmouthshirts DOT Com - I don’t want to link to it.
Looks like the kind of place that would sell “Bros Before Hos” and that kind of stuff. Yeah - this is really not something I can even imagine designing, wanting or buying for anyone. Totally everything wrong.
Some people are just truly sick or disturbed.
Hi Jill, I accidently found your blog because I was looking for links of blogs that discuss rape to add to one of my blogs…You have an incredible blog here.
I am APPALLED by Amazon, but will forgive them (this time) in hopes that it was a gross oversight.
Jason - thanks for commenting. Yeah - it’s right up there with the best.
Hi Barbara - thanks for reading and leaving a comment. Of course others can choose to produce the shirt or buy it or whatever, but for an outlet like Amazon to offer it, well, that’s not expected.