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Originally posted by orderedchaos
It would be blown out of proportion. Seriously, how many terrorists generally reveal who they are? Even still, wearing one would be begging for trouble; and trouble they would get.
Just a word... yes. But words have power. If they didn't, there'd be no cause for censorship. (No, I'm not a censorship advocate; as a writer, it'd be the equivalent of endorsing illiteracy).
It boils down to that fine, ever shrinking line between political correctness and free speech. Not to mention the advertising argument tag that undoubtedly would follow. To wear is to advertise, advertise is to endorse, endorse is to agree.
Power a single word can invoke.
Racist
Nazi
Pedophile.
None of those words are illegal, and I'm sure they can be printed on a shirt. A smart person, though, would have to have a gun at their head to wear such things. And some incantations brought fore by words are so negative, the joke halts and the laughing stops.
Some things just shouldn't be joked about. The people who don't know will learn, usually the hard way.
Originally posted by orderedchaos
I agree, people have become overly sensitive, which is why we have politicial correctness at all. By the very wording, politicial correctness should be had by polticians alone. IMO.