Your failure to be offended by this retailing of an item which is in extremely poor taste is more of an example of lowered standards in the nation than you likely are ever going to be able to truly appreciate.
And so the flame wars begin...
Why not direct your fire at PacSun if the shirt offends you so deeply instead of at FReepers who have a different opinion than yours?
And FTR, I’m a bit conflicted about the shirt only because of the anarchy symbol on the sleeve...not clear on the real intent or message being attempted here.
I disagree. While it may be in poor taste, associating an image with a message as an individual has a long and storied history in the US. The inclusion of an anarchist symbol bothers me more than the upside down flag.
Once, any clothing with an image of the flag was considered verboten. Now, images of the flag are fair game. I'm not sure I agree that the acceptance of such images on clothing is a lowering of standards, although it is definitely an evolution of them.
Perhaps I should become one of those guys who is constantly offended by everything. On the whole, I consider a failure to be offended to be a good thing.
Promoting this shirt on Memorial Day was in very poor taste. And the edgy shirt sparked attention for the company. I wonder how many would have objected to it being worn by students at school on Cinco de Mayo?
As others have noted, I more object to the marketing of the anarchy symbol as being some kind of hip thing for children to wear.