Is This Blood-Stained Kent State Sweatshirt Offensive?

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Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters has come under fire online for selling a faux-vintage sweatshirt emblazoned with the Kent State seal and splatters that appear to be blood stains. This would appear to be a reference to the shootings at the college on May 4, 1970, in which four unarmed college students were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest. After Buzzfeed pointed out the item, it quickly sold out, and its listing page appears to have been removed from the company’s website, though the item appeared on eBay shortly thereafter, listed at many times its original price.

Do you think Urban Outfitters did this on purpose to get attention? Have you ever been truly offended by something that someone said or wore?

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