Do You Think This T-Shirt Slogan Is Rapey?

You would think, given how much outrage people feign over stupid crap in the United States, that we have no Actual Real Problems.

But you’d be wrong.  Because even though the world is dealing with ISIS terrorists, and our own country will soon be choosing between a lying seahag and a thin-skinned egomaniac for president, and we’re being buried by an exploding national debt, and we’re on the verge of a full-on race war, there are still idiotic feminist weirdos who find the stupidest stuff to bitch about EVER.

Case in point.

According to that sourcelink, American Apparel decided to pull a promotional t-shirt that it distributed to its employees to wear on Black Friday.  Here’s the offending shirt in question.

See what they did there? It was a play on a 50% off sale thing.

Now, I’m not saying I think it’s a great shirt or anything.  On the contrary, I think it’s completely stupid.  But American Apparel didn’t tell its employees that they’d be fired or disciplined for choosing not to wear the shirt.  It was encouraged but optional.  But because the Perpetually Offended Brigade cannot deal with things that they don’t like without making sure those things are banned for everyone, one of those offended folks told Jezebel (of course) that “American Apparel is giving my consent to our customers to harass me, if I wear that shirt.”

Um, no they’re not.  Because of that whole “optional” thing.  Employees who didn’t want to wear the shirt were directed to wear a button with the same slogan, but again…optional.

The complainer told Jezebel, “Now they are actively encouraging our patrons to sexually harass me and my colleagues, some of whom are as young as 15… there’s no question in my mind that anyone wearing the shirt will face inappropriate comments from customers.”

Seriously?  This person genuinely thinks a t-shirt slogan is the same as “actively encouraging sexual harassment?”  Is common sense just completely dead in America?

Anyway, American Apparel caved, and offered Jezebel this statement:

“This slogan on these tee shirts—which were distributed to both male and female employees as optional—was originally intended to be a play on words to engage customers during our Black Friday Sale, which features an additional 50 percent off items that are already marked down 50 percent. We understand that this offended an individual employee who spoke up about his / her concerns. American Apparel is a company that values free speech, and most importantly, creating an environment where employees feel valued, protected, and safe. As such, we have decided to discontinue this slogan and will seek other ways to stay creative and push the envelope, which is part of our brand DNA.”

American Apparel should get a new marketing team, if this is their idea of a clever slogan, but they should also hire people with freaking BALLS who don’t collapse under pressure from the delicate flowers who think stupid-but-harmless t-shirt slogans are too rapey.

GAWD.