• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    I… Kind of see what they’re getting at. And it’s not that their argument is without merit, it’s just… That argument makes you seem like a racist asshole.

    Ignoring the hate crime context of it all, the image depicts someone who has been executed, at it’s basic level.

    The idea of having someone walk around with a depiction of an execution on their apparel… I kind of get.

    However, given the context of the image, being who has been executed, it’s hard to make the argument that walking around showing the execution of a person depicted as one of the most notorious hate groups ever, is bad because it’s a depiction of an execution, without also implying that you don’t want kkk members to be hanged, and you’re therefore sympathetic to them.

    That’s a whole “yikes” from me. I certainly wouldn’t stop anyone from wearing this, and hell, if someone links it, I may just buy one myself and wear that around. My “yikes” is for anyone wanting to walk the line that they somehow are not sympathetic to the kkk, while still taking issue with this shirt.

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      without also implying that you don’t want kkk members to be hanged, and you’re therefore sympathetic to them.

      no?

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        It’s hard to make the argument that the shirt is bad, without implying oneself to be sympathetic to the KKK.

        So whoever doesn’t like the shirt implies themselves with the KKK.

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          Oh right, I thought you were impying the t-shirt wearer liked the KKK or something. So what if some fascists get offended though? Offense is their whole schtick

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      5 days ago

      I want to buy this shirt. I also want one of a Nazi.

      Along what your saying I remember shirts of Muammar Gaddafi when he was killed and also remember Saddam Hussein shirts in not very flattering depictios. People who dislike this shirt I wonder how they felt/feel about the ones I mention?