Target , number 88, and liberalism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Aug 31 13:50:23 PDT 2002


frank scott wrote:


>"Nobody knew what it meant," said Carolyn Brookter, director of
>corporate
>communications for Target. "We certainly apologize that this was out
>there. We would not have any white supremacist symbols out selling as
>merchandise."
>
>wonderful...now a meaningless symbol, to a relative handful of people,
>becomes big-time hate speak...can I sue my neighbor for wearing a "69"
>jersey, in plain view of my children? how about "666"? or "route
>66"...god bless america.

So what's your idea? They should have kept quiet hoping no one would notice? Is this an example of PC run wild? White supremacy is just a harmless fashion statement?

Doug



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