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Idiot Political Correctness strikes again
Jan 8^th, 2014 at 9:50pm

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/aldi-pulls-racist-garments-from-s...

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DISCOUNT supermarket chain Aldi has pulled an Australia Day T-shirt and singlet from its stores amid claims on social media that designs featured on the garments were racist.

Aldi was on Wednesday criticised by a number of Twitter users for a range of promotional T-shirts with AUSTRALIA EST 1788 logos.

The T-shirts and singlets were scheduled to go on sale on this week in the lead up to January 26.

Twitter users slammed the design as racist and culturally insensitive to indigenous Australians, who inhabited the continent for thousands of years before Europeans arrived

Stupid ridiculous PC....... Sad

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline In your damn fate Posts: 26713 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #1 - Jan 8^th, 2014 at 11:34pm That's interesting. I would like to learn more about these apparent highlander type indigenous who lived for thousands of years on Australia, and still feel the need to complain beyond the grave about a country being established.
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Innocent bystander Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4220 Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #2 - Jan 8^th, 2014 at 11:45pm I wonder how many abbos would go back to their nomadic existence if they had a choice, living like an an animal in the bush again, not many I would say.
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Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again
Reply #3 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 5:42am

Swagman wrote on Jan 8^th, 2014 at 9:50pm:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/aldi-pulls-racist-garments-from-s...

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DISCOUNT supermarket chain Aldi has pulled an Australia Day T-shirt and singlet from its stores amid claims on social media that designs featured on the garments were racist.

Aldi was on Wednesday criticised by a number of Twitter users for a range of promotional T-shirts with AUSTRALIA EST 1788 logos.

The T-shirts and singlets were scheduled to go on sale on this week in the lead up to January 26.

Twitter users slammed the design as racist and culturally insensitive to indigenous Australians, who inhabited the continent for thousands of years before Europeans arrived

http://images.smh.com.au/2014/01/08/5059935/to-th320-shirt.jpg

Stupid ridiculous PC....... Sad

Couldn't agree more.

Thoroughly sick of this PC crap.

ALDI should stand by their guns.

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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #4 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 5:48am Redneck bogans established whenever Australia Day is
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The_Barnacle Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6205 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #5 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 7:02am Surely Australia was established in 1901
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FriYAY Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7395	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #6 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 9:32am Most Abo's can't read anyway.
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GA Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1130 Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #7 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 9:39am Quote: Surely Australia was established in 1901 We reasserted our status as a British colony in 1998 when we voted against our own independence.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #8 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 9:48am I find myself in the unusual position of having to criticise Aldi - or whoever in their business thought up this idea. It's plain stupid and guaranteed to raise hackles.
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GA Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1130 Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #9 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 9:55am bogarde73 wrote on Jan 9^th, 2014 at 9:48am: I find myself in the unusual position of having to criticise Aldi - or whoever in their business thought up this idea. It's plain stupid and guaranteed to raise hackles. It's the kind of arrogant nationalism we'd expect from a bunch of Germans.
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #10 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 12:29pm Big W have now pulled a similar product from their shelves. This is WAY more offensive than anything printed on the shirts. This sort of thing should not be happening, and should not be tolerated.
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Reply #11 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 12:51pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jan 9^th, 2014 at 9:48am:

I find myself in the unusual position of having to criticise Aldi - or whoever in their business thought up this idea.
It's plain stupid and guaranteed to raise hackles.

I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing that this is political correctness gone mad.

If we celebrated our "bi centenary" in 1988 and if we still celebrate Australia day on 26 January then surely it is a double standard to criticise the shirt?

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The Right Wing only believe in free speech when they agree with what is being said.

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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14248 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #12 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 2:59pm The Germans have dropped the product over a fear that such negative publicity may cost SALES NO OTHER REASON No-one forced their hand i
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 156686 Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #13 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 3:25pm "Twitter users slammed the design as racist and culturally insensitive to indigenous Australians ... " More evidence that Twitter users are complete morons.
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Idiot Political Correctness strikes again Reply #14 - Jan 9^th, 2014 at 3:38pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 9^th, 2014 at 3:25pm: "Twitter users slammed the design as racist and culturally insensitive to indigenous Australians ... " More evidence that Twitter users are complete morons. As if it were needed. 'Only twits use Twitter'
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