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Is this t-shirt ok?
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The Futurist
Member
But that gun is white...
I want this with a pic of all the ingredients moaning on top of each other on a slice of wheat bread.
TheSkullPrince
Member
Whoever wears this I'm sure thinks of themselves as the modern-day Voltaire.
Ninja Scooter
Member
It's tacky and looks like something a person who listens to Avenged Sevenfold would think is clever.
The question should be "why use LGBT in this context"
It's a politically loaded acronym, so why wear it on a shirt ? What's the message ? I know a lot would say that there's no message, that it's just a joke, but people who are sensitive to this issue will probably disagree.
Then again it's just a shirt and you live in a free country, so wearing it probably won't get you in any kind of trouble. But if your question is "do some people will have a negative opinion of me if I wear this", the answer is probably yes. It's not homophobic or anything, but you're turning a human rights movements into a joke (and, if I may, not a very funny one). It's OK in itself, but don't expect a round of applause.
It's a politically loaded acronym, so why wear it on a shirt ? What's the message ? I know a lot would say that there's no message, that it's just a joke, but people who are sensitive to this issue will probably disagree.
Then again it's just a shirt and you live in a free country, so wearing it probably won't get you in any kind of trouble. But if your question is "do some people will have a negative opinion of me if I wear this", the answer is probably yes. It's not homophobic or anything, but you're turning a human rights movements into a joke (and, if I may, not a very funny one). It's OK in itself, but don't expect a round of applause.
thehypocrite
Member
While rolling coal.
soldierblue
Member
Not tasteful, IMO.
Inferno313
Banned
I would think you were a bit of a dumbass if I saw you wearing that shirt, honestly.
I'm not sure what exactly you're asking, but I'll take a crack at it anyway.
I'm not LGBT, and I can't speak for them on this, but if I had to hazard a guess I would say many would find it pretty offensive. It basically says "Yeah, lets take something that means a lot to a group and make it our own instead." I think it could be seen as something mocking LGBT folks in general, which I don't think is a good thing.
A few years ago, when there was the push to legalize SSM in the US, there was that sign with the blue background and yellow = on it. I had one asshole friend that posted a picture of the = replaced with two strips of bacon. He was exactly of the crowd that didn't give a shit about LGBT.
I'm not LGBT, and I can't speak for them on this, but if I had to hazard a guess I would say many would find it pretty offensive. It basically says "Yeah, lets take something that means a lot to a group and make it our own instead." I think it could be seen as something mocking LGBT folks in general, which I don't think is a good thing.
A few years ago, when there was the push to legalize SSM in the US, there was that sign with the blue background and yellow = on it. I had one asshole friend that posted a picture of the = replaced with two strips of bacon. He was exactly of the crowd that didn't give a shit about LGBT.
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
Sho_Nuff82
Member
At my company you would get called into HR for wearing that shirt, and then you would never wear it to work again.
Depends on your workspace and culture, if you want to make political statements or sex jokes at work they might get played for laughs or it might end up in a lawsuit.
Depends on your workspace and culture, if you want to make political statements or sex jokes at work they might get played for laughs or it might end up in a lawsuit.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
Think your phone auto corrected your title.
No, it isn't okay.
Damn.
Edit: May have been a little harsh. Whoever wore that has problems.
No, it isn't okay.
Damn.
Edit: May have been a little harsh. Whoever wore that has problems.
would they make you turn it inside out and wear it like that for the rest of the day like my catholic grade school?
The sentiment is disgusting, but if you are allowed to wear tees at work and don't mind people thinking you are vile, I see no problem with it.
edit - oh, rereading, and you are just asking if the shirt is "okay"? I mean... no. It isn't. There are worse things certainly, but its gross.
edit - oh, rereading, and you are just asking if the shirt is "okay"? I mean... no. It isn't. There are worse things certainly, but its gross.
To me it seems homophobic as if it were saying "these are the real LGBT to me". It could be seen, conversely, as trying to more closely link LGBT with icons people consider "Murican" as if it were saying "LGBT" is as American as Liberty, Guns, Beer, and Trucks.
Personally, it seems more likely that it's the first given the specific choices for icons, but it's clear cut, IMO.
Personally, it seems more likely that it's the first given the specific choices for icons, but it's clear cut, IMO.
What's wrong with the jeans and sneakers ?
elrechazado
Banned
But the gun is white
"Classic" cut jeans that have no shape and make you look like a blob.
White New Balance is basically the go to shoe of white men over the age of 50.
Neverforget
Member
I like shirts like this, it shows me dumb people I should not waste my time with and basically avoid.
its not "politically correct" in today's political climate
because it has a picture of the Statue of Liberty, which the stephen miller of the current administration just vehemently spoke out against
the alt-right will think you're the cuckliest cuckaroo if you wear that shirt
because it has a picture of the Statue of Liberty, which the stephen miller of the current administration just vehemently spoke out against
the alt-right will think you're the cuckliest cuckaroo if you wear that shirt
ambivalence towards others suffering isn't actually brave, that shirt is tacky af
Lesbian Liberty. come on
Nowadays I'd assume their number 1 band was Five Finger Death Punch. Funny enough that band dresses like shit too. They even have their own custom football jerseys for fuck sake and the lead singer thinks he's Morrison and Cobain after he is gone one day.
I know I know, but it didn't make sense. Bisexual beer does though
Amory
Member
Idk who that shirt's for
Not for hipsters, it's un-PC and they typically don't like guns and shit anyway
Not for rednecks, they wouldn't have the balls to wear a shirt that said LGBT on it even if it was a "joke" or whatever
I guess if you're an LGBT person that likes that stuff? Maybe?
Not for hipsters, it's un-PC and they typically don't like guns and shit anyway
Not for rednecks, they wouldn't have the balls to wear a shirt that said LGBT on it even if it was a "joke" or whatever
I guess if you're an LGBT person that likes that stuff? Maybe?
could have even done lesbian lady since it's lady liberty
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Maybe give you a company t-shirt (we make like a half dozen different logo Ts every year) to wear until you re-think your sense of humor. But I work at a biotech in the liberal NE, no one would be caught dead wearing that shirt.
The only real workplace-related clothing issue we've ever had is that there is one employee (middle aged woman) who regularly wears very revealing skirts/blouses and high heels. From what I hear, she got pulled aside for talking-to, said, "fuck that shit I'mma do what I want", and nothing changed. Her group got spun off into a separate company (unrelated obvi) so they're free to set their own dress codes and HR standards, but they still work in the same building.
Stormhammer
Member
seems like a shirt you'd see at a boardwalk store
oooooh, missed opportunity
DEAD 💀
TissueBox
Member
Liberty Lesbian has a nice ring to it...
rocketskates
Member
metalslimer
Member
Dumb, uncreative, tacky....like it doesn't even have a good design why wear it?
Psychoward
Banned
As an LGBT person, not only is it pretty fucking ugly, yeah it does seem to be making a mockery of the LGBT rights movement/community.
Walter White Walker
Member
Nah.
ldcommando
Banned
Looks very American
bootsthecat
Banned
It's like the shirt doesn't know what it wants to say. The modern artsy icons don't strike me as being what the kind of person that might wear this shirt would want. Like, shouldn't it be a soaring eagle, ar-15, bud light, and some decked out truck with huge wheels? Weird all around.
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