A$AP Mob T-Shirt Featuring Upside Down American Flag Angers PacSun Shoppers

    A t-shirt designed by the A$AP Mob that is stocked at Pacific Sunwear has angered shoppers as it features an upside down American flag.

    A string of irate shoppers have wrote on PacSun’s Facebook page to condemn the t-shirt, calling it “disgusting” and “insulting.”

    The t-shirt is being perceived as disrespectful for a number a reasons, but primarily because, according to the U.S. Flag Code, the American flag “should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

    PacSun have since released a statement via their Facebook page saying that they have removed the t-shirt from their stores and website.

    As a retailer grounded in youth culture, PacSun values artistic and creative expression through the brands that we sell in our stores. Out of respect for those who have put their lives on the line for our country, we have decided to stop selling the licensed flag t-shirt and are removing it from our stores and website immediately. We thank the men and women in uniform for their extraordinary service.

    -Pacific Sunwear, Inc.

    To view photos of protestors’ comments, please visit Entertain This!.

    A photo of the t-shirt can be viewed below (via Entertain This!):

     

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    9 thoughts on “A$AP Mob T-Shirt Featuring Upside Down American Flag Angers PacSun Shoppers

    1. Too many damn sensitive people out there. What the fuck is so offensive about this? Oh and the shirt is actually better than his album. Boo Yah!

      1. think of it like this… an upside down flag means “distress”… if none is present then it is just a blatant sign of disrespect… now i know you’re thinking “so what. F’ america.” but the truth is, this is the worst time for that attitude with all the “muslim vs us” thing going on in the world… and lets not mention his album is called A.L.L.A… all this just adds up to people being pissed… just so you’re informed… so naw, there not being sensitive… they’re just speaking there mind. there use to be a time when that was what we would do, now we (as a nation) just roll over and allow any and everything without a fight…

      2. Sounds like you’re anti-muslim and racist. There’s no “muslim vs us” thing going on. 99.9 percent of muslims are not a threat. It’s “Isis/Taliban vs us”. And some a lot of “us” are muslims. Who cares if his album is called ALLA?

    2. Perhaps, when people are being murdered by the police on a weekly basis, people do feel “distressed “

    3. Complain when people stop getting killed by police and imprisoned by government and cut off from families because of religious and political views

    4. on the real i like the shirt but that takes balls to wear or you always with peeps. Anarchists will never take over the world but we’ll always be the only free people in it.

    5. America is in dire distress though, people should put more thought into their interpretations

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