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Urban Outfitters Kent State Sweatshirt

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Kooky_Lukey
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If you have not already seen, Urban Outfitters has stirred up some controversy with one of their "vintage" pieces of clothing.

Here is a thread on what "vintage" means for urban outfitters.
https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/723694/Urban-Outfitters-reselling-yard-sale-clothes-as--Vintage

So now people are pissed that they are selling a worn out sweatshirt that is faded and looks like it has "bloodstains" on it. The massacre happened in 1970, everyone that is at Kent State now was not even alive then, except for some faculty and maybe a non traditional student or two. Here is a link to one of the numerous articles on it.
http://time.com/money/3377906/urban-outfitters-kent-state-sweatshirt/
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Sep 15 2014 10:07PM
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KillaSeason
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fuck urban outfitters.

but would you say the same if they made an Auschwitz sweater... not too many people from Auschwitz are around any more; your logic is fucking dumb... If you do something like this with any tragedy people will get mad no matter what
Sep 15 2014 11:48PM
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cool_name
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KillaSeasonfuck urban outfitters.

but would you say the same if they made an Auschwitz sweater... not too many people from Auschwitz are around any more; your logic is fucking dumb... If you do something like this with any tragedy people will get mad no matter what


its funny because they made a shirt with the what resembled the star in jews had to wear during ww2

both are tasteless, this one even more. The star one i will accept as an honest mistake, but this one is far to much to just be a coincidence
Sep 16 2014 12:32AM
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ModMommy
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Fuck them. The second they sold a shirt telling girls to "eat less" i was done with them. They'll do anything to stay relevant.
Sep 16 2014 12:35AM
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KillaSeason
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cool_nameits funny because they made a shirt with the what resembled the star in jews had to wear during ww2

both are tasteless, this one even more. The star one i will accept as an honest mistake, but this one is far to much to just be a coincidence


well shit... I dont pay any attention to that flamer hipster brand so I wasnt aware of that. they need to stop mixing their wine coolers and starbucks in the design room
Sep 16 2014 12:38AM
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SamtheEagle
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fuck them. they will get whats coming to them eventually
Sep 16 2014 1:07AM
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theabortionator
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figured this would end up here.

Might as well get some good tunes out of this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68g76j9VBvM
Sep 16 2014 1:09AM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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god who gives a fuck
Sep 16 2014 3:08AM
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SamtheEagle
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RockNRollNghtClbgod who gives a fuck


maybe anybody who isn't a sociopath
Sep 16 2014 3:12AM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Who the hell cares?
Sep 16 2014 8:10AM
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TOAST.
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The real problem is that there are idiots out there that payed $130 for a sweatshirt that has holes in it.
Sep 16 2014 8:16AM
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Z-PAULY.
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immasFuck them. The second they sold a shirt telling girls to "eat less" i was done with them. They'll do anything to stay relevant.


i think their new logic is exploiting the "sad truth" in todays modern world and labeling it "cool" and hipster. in my opinion urban outfitters is dumb as hell and should just stick to making clothes rather than statements. never bought anything from there, probably never will.
Sep 17 2014 1:21AM
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scandy101
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immasFuck them. The second they sold a shirt telling girls to "eat less" i was done with them. They'll do anything to stay relevant.


I like that, a lot of girls (and guys) really need to take that advice.
Sep 17 2014 1:33AM
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Dolan.Escobar
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Meh
Sep 17 2014 1:39AM
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Z-PAULY.
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rad.I like that, a lot of girls (and guys) really need to take that advice.


obese adults of the american society? yes. hormonal insecure teenage girls? no.
Sep 17 2014 1:56AM
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GayWolf420
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SamtheEaglemaybe anybody who isn't a sociopath


so not showing interest in some dumb news story that really shouldn't even be a story to begin with makes me a sociopath? gotcha.
Sep 17 2014 9:45AM
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toastyteenagers
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that's fucked up.

but hipsters will still buy it
Sep 17 2014 11:09AM
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SamtheEagle
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no the fact that you can not feel empathetic towards the people who saw the country at one of its lowest points means you are a sociopath. In fact, that is pretty much the definition of sociopath. A normal person sees something like the sweatshirt and feels empathy because on top of the 4 shot the hundreds of thousands who lost trust in our government and the unknown number who died in vietnam. It is fine to say you don't think it is worthy of news... thats debatable but to say who cares. Lots of people do. To say things like who gives a fuck? Pretty much anyone in the US alive in the 70's or anyone who doesn't want the government murdering college students. Generally a normal persons reaction to someone mocking a tragedy is to feel emotional. Not having any emotional response means the person did not feel empathy which clinically means they are either a sociopath or psychopath. I believe in this case sociopath was a better fit.
Sep 17 2014 3:13PM
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deleted5
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SamtheEagleno the fact that you can not feel empathetic towards the people who saw the country at one of its lowest points means you are a sociopath. In fact, that is pretty much the definition of sociopath. A normal person sees something like the sweatshirt and feels empathy because on top of the 4 shot the hundreds of thousands who lost trust in our government and the unknown number who died in vietnam. It is fine to say you don't think it is worthy of news... thats debatable but to say who cares. Lots of people do. To say things like who gives a fuck? Pretty much anyone in the US alive in the 70's or anyone who doesn't want the government murdering college students. Generally a normal persons reaction to someone mocking a tragedy is to feel emotional. Not having any emotional response means the person did not feel empathy which clinically means they are either a sociopath or psychopath. I believe in this case sociopath was a better fit.


Thank you board certified psychologist, personality disorders are actually a very hard thing to diagnose and we don't know a lot about them. but I like how you immediately jump to your diagnosis then shove that diagnosis into a box seal it up and locked away the key. I think I like 4 kids got shot on a college campus during this tragedy, I didn't know them and I don't know much about the tragedy therefore I really don't care.
Sep 17 2014 3:44PM
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-benedetto
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The sweatshirt represents the National Guard being called upon to control American civilians. The sweatshirt almost shows the proudness of the situation imo. That's not very hipster.

The term hipster gets thrown around way too much. We're all fucking hipsters, face it.
Sep 17 2014 3:46PM
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SamtheEagle
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zzzskizzzThank you board certified psychologist, personality disorders are actually a very hard thing to diagnose and we don't know a lot about them. but I like how you immediately jump to your diagnosis then shove that diagnosis into a box seal it up and locked away the key. I think I like 4 kids got shot on a college campus during this tragedy, I didn't know them and I don't know much about the tragedy therefore I really don't care.


but the fact that you refer to it as a tragedy means you can somewhat aknowedge it isn't something that should be mocked. I'm not saying we all have to feel like we were there or knew the people who were killed. My point is just that shit like this is fucked up and not something to be mocked for profit
Sep 17 2014 5:41PM
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