Freeperware at Walmart

[Union Label]

It looks like that favorite crap store of freepville is finally selling to its niche. Death head SS t-shirts.

http://www.bentcorner.com/2006/11/09/wal-mart-is-selling-shirts-with-a-nazi-ss-skull-on-it/

[Sydnie]

1. Nothing about WalMart surprises me anymore n/t

[Richard Steele]

2. That's DEFINITELY a Nazi insignia. (pic here) Kicked and recommended.

Wal-Mart:

Nazi 3rd SS Division:

B'nai B'rith discussing this with Walmarts Board of Directors: PRICELESS!

[Union Label]

3. Thanks for the K&R

I wonder when this will be on a backdrop at a rnc convention? :evilgrin:

[atommom]

4. His update is interesting too. Wal-Mart immediately promised to

yank the shirts, but it hasn't, and neo-Nazis are excitedly buying them.

[chat_noir]

5. AMERICAblog covering it, too

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/wal-mart-selling-nazi-paraphernalia.html

[BushOut06]

6. Is that part of the Walmart 88 Skins line?

Amazing. Simply amazing. But not surprising.

[yurbud]

7. I thought it was going to be a sheet with eyeholes.

[madmusic]

8. I hate Wal-Mart's censorship of movies...

This just helps them justify that.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Really?

How so?

[madmusic]

13. Censorship is censorship.

There is plenty the fundies complain about and get banned. Compared to some movies some would like to ban, I don't think the t-shirt was that big of a deal.

EDIT: typo

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. So you're saying that if I like violent movies...

I should also kill the jews?

[madmusic]

16. That's ridiculous.

When was the last time you heard of anyone getting beat to death with a t-shirt?

[madmusic]

14. Sidebar: Superstore Censorship

By Peter Hart



In media products no less than other retail items, Wal-Mart’s market share is considerable. By one estimate (Business Week, 10/6/03), its stores account for 15 to 20 percent of all CD, DVD and video sales, as well as 15 percent of all single-copy magazine sales. Those figures could be higher; one analyst put Wal-Mart’s share of total music sales in the U.S. at 35 percent (New York Times, 12/29/03).

But there’s a price to be paid for getting shelf space at Wal-Mart, as the chain often demands that artists conform to its conservative tastes in order to gain distribution. Wal-Mart has regularly refused to carry certain items it deemed inappropriate—most notably America (The Book), a satirical look at politics from Jon Stewart and Comedy Central’s Daily Show. (Wal-Mart said it objected to simulated photos of the Supreme Court justices naked, a feature every bit as titillating as it sounds.)

more: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2771&printer_friendly=1

[Rosemary2205]

9. Contact info for WALMART

Corporate feedback form

http://www.walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=221

By phone
If you're a customer, call 1-800-WAL-MART (1-800-925-6278).

If you're an investor or analyst, call 479-273-8446.
If you're a journalist, call 479-273-4314.

[QC]

11. You're late to the party, Ethel.

They've already stopped selling these:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-briefs14.5nov14,1,6822611.story?coll=la-headlines-business

[MyNameGoesHere]

12. well we better boycott the hell

out of them because we all know that we should control what Walmart sells. Ah jeez do i have to even put a sarcasm alert?