Walmart pulls offensive tshirt and issues an apology

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

The father of an Uvalde school shooting victim called out Walmart earlier this month for offensive t-shirts, prompting the retail giant to issue an apology.

Texas man Brett Cross shared a photo of the shirt, which is blue and white with an outline of the state of Texas. The shirt reads “Where the heck is Uvalde, Texas?”

“Oh you know, that town by San Antonio where 19 kids and two teachers were killed,” Cross captioned the photo on X (formerly Twitter).

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"How do you make a shirt saying where the heck is Uvalde, when less than two years ago, the third largest school massacre happened?" he pondered. "Intent doesn’t equal impact. It doesn’t matter if Walmart thought it was a fun/cute shirt. What matters is you are downplaying my son’s death, his teachers' and classmates' death."

He stressed that society has become desensitized to school shootings because they happen so often and shirts like these make it to the sales floor because they make money.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/18/uvalde-texas-walmart-shirt-criticism/73368450007/

[Turbineguy]

1. Tasteful in trump World

[sheshe2]

2. It is NOT a fun/cute shirt.

SMDH

[sop]

3. Imagine the sort of monster who would actually pay money for that shirt.

[LoisB]

7. Imagine the sort of monster who would create it.

[RockRaven]

8. Or procure it for their national chain store.

[senseandsensibility]

4. I don't get it

Is it supposed to be funny or just hateful and tasteless? I can't imagine who would find this funny.

[Bleacher Creature]

9. I had the same reaction

It's obviously a knock on a place that went through unspeakable tragedy, but the exact insult escapes me.

We should be grateful that we don't speak crazy or cruelty.

[flvegan]

5. Who manufactured the tshirt? Immediate boycott of their shit.

Their idea to make money off something like this, fuck them.

[progressoid]

11. I'd wager it comes from a chinese sweat shop

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Also for sale on Amazon.

[MagickMuffin]

10. Walmart should donate big bucks to Uvalde Public Schools

This just hurts my heart and soul. It’s enough to break one’s spirit.

[Warpy]

12. Too soon, Wally's, too soon

I've seen "Where the Hell is_________" T-shirts since the 70s.

[PlutosHeart]

13. Typical. Put it out there then retract it.

Damage done.

[gopiscrap]

14. It's the fucking NRA, gun humper types

who want to wear this type of shit. Goes to show what god damn, shit ass, ignorant, hateful, num nuts they are!!!

[UTUSN]

15. "well intended" - more like Melaloonia's product - nothing about where it came from

[Mountainguy]

16. I don't think this has anything to do with the shooting

It seems like it was just being sold at store/s in the area.

Given that nobody has been able to actually explain what about the shirt is actually offensive I think this is a knee-jerk reaction.