WI State Fair Bans LGBT and NRA T-Shirt

STUPID: Wisconsin State Fair orders vendor to remove two pro Trump/pro-2A t-shirts. https://t.co/sYLc4z846U @sheriffclarke

— Vicki McKenna (@VickiMcKenna) August 8, 2019

If you're shopping for a funny and/or provocative t-shirt, a vendor at the Wisconsin State Fair will probably offer what you want.

Is it possible that someone might be offended by the designs?

Yes.

Does that mean the State Fair should ban shirts?

Absolutely not.

From WISN-TV:

Wisconsin State Fair officials had a vendor remove a T-shirt featuring President Donald Trump's face.

"We didn't ask them to take it down, we said, 'Take it down. Remove it,'" fair CEO Kathleen O'Leary said Wednesday.

The vendor is known for selling leather goods and novelty T-shirts.

The shirt in question said "LGBT" accompanied with pictures of the Statue of Liberty, guns, beer and Trump.

It's the first time O'Leary said they've put a stop to a vendor selling controversial T-shirts.

The decision was made after officials said they received several complaints Tuesday about the shirt being offensive.

Another shirt portraying a gun was also removed from sale.

"Certainly with the firearms, the shirts, messages that were on that, in light of the sensitivity of the unthinkable things that have happened, it isn't what we want here at the Wisconsin State Fair," O'Leary said.

The manager of the store said the shirts were not meant to be offensive, but funny.

...O'Leary said the state fair has an otherwise good relationship with the vendor that sold the shirt.

She expects the vendor to return next year.

Oh, good grief.

When I'm at the fair, the last thing I'm thinking about is complaining about a silly t-shirt.

What sort of miserable people find it necessary to complain?

Move on. Go get a cream puff. Look at the cows and chickens.

No t-shirt is going to ruin your time at the fair if you're a well-balanced individual.

This really is nuts. Never before has the State Fair demanded that a shirt be removed.

If O'Leary wants to get into banning offensive shirts, she certainly shouldn't stop with the two she chose to ban. She shouldn't be proud of her decision.

The banned t-shirts are still available online.





Can you go on with your life after seeing these?

Are you strong enough to deal with the existence of these shirts?

I hope so.

Good luck.