{"id":1371,"date":"2008-12-09T02:16:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T10:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2008-12-09T02:16:27","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T10:16:27","slug":"first-russians-now-bigots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/first-russians-now-bigots\/","title":{"rendered":"First Russians, Now Bigots"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to this report<\/a>, Urban Outfitters pulled this t-shirt from its shelves and online store, less than a week after it first arrived. A buyer for the company cited ‘too much bad press’ as the reason for pulling the shirt.<\/p>\n

The CEO of Urban Outfitter, Richard Hayne, is a right-wing Republican who supports senators who vote for legislation against<\/em> gay marriage. \u00a0 A British business website wrote about this guy in May: “Hayne must be the only retailer whose expansion plans depend on no one finding out who he really is.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Uh-oh. Now what?<\/p>\n

If one were to boycott every company that behaved badly, well, one would be screwed. But it seems especially repellent of Urban Outfitters to cultivate a cool, hipster-ish image for its targeted market, when in fact it’s run be a right-wing homophobe.<\/p>\n

I don’t like it. Should we write to Urban Outfitters, expressing our dismay about this? Or should we keep buying their crap because it’s cheap and trendy? My answer is: DUH!<\/p>\n

On a happier note, here is a t-shirt my kid designed, to promote autism awareness. Hammie<\/a> isn’t crazy about the puzzle piece logo, so maybe we’ll get rid of them.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, the crazy lady posted more crazy-ass shit about me, including this:<\/p>\n

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Can you believe it?! \u00a0 Sure, I’m a cunt and everything, but not \u00d0\u00a1\u00d0\u00b2\u00d0\u00b8\u00d0\u00bd\u00d1\u0152\u00d1\u008f \u00d0\u00b2\u00d1\u0081\u00d0\u00b5\u00d0\u00b3\u00d0\u00b4\u00d0\u00b0 \u00d0\u00bb\u00d1\u0192\u00d0\u00b6\u00d1\u0192 \u00d0\u00bd\u00d0\u00b0\u00d0\u00b9\u00d0\u00b4\u00d1\u2018\u00d1\u201a, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"