BET is pissed at tshirthell.com
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6881183/

T-shirt company defends right to 'offend'
Web site comes under fire for its "arrest black babies" tees

Tshirthell.com
By Stacy Anderson

Updated: 2:43 p.m. ET Jan. 28, 2005Tshirthell.com boasts the motto, ?where all the bad shirts go.?


And few would disagree after a T-shirt with the slogan, ?Arrest Black Babies Before They Become Criminals? went on sale on the site. The shirt is emblazoned with the image of a hand-cuffed Black baby sucking on a pacifier.

Cost? $18.

What?s more, the Web site offers the following disclaimer: "Anyone who thinks the shirt is racist is just ignorant."

TShirtHell.com started in October 2001 and receives over 75,000 visitors a day, according to the site, which is based in Las Vegas.

But Tshirthell.com is an equal-opportunity offender, according to the site. ?We design our shirts to amuse ourselves. We don't care if you're offended by them. Regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, or sexual preference- you are all fair game,? the site?s creators state on the Web.

Further, the site asks, why is it that Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle can do stereotype humor without repercussions, and not Tshirthell.com?

T-shirts sold on the site cover a variety of topics including politics, homosexuality, sex and race. Some shirts include phrases such as ?I Broke Up Brad and Jen,? ?I Still Hate George Bush,? and ?Medium Pimpin.? Another shirt proclaims, ?I Survived the Tsunami 2004.?

Infant-sized versions read, ?Are You My Daddy?? and ?Broken Condom.?

The controversial Web site has been featured in The New York Post, Maximum, Stuff, Penthouse, Us, Playboy and others.

Tshirthell.com did not respond to BET.com?s request for comment. The company ships products all over the United States and to 46 foreign countries. Customers can become members and receive benefits, which include discounts and access to free giveaways.

more publicity = more shirts sold.

Tshirthell rule

thisrthell i am sure is shaking in their boots

BET is like having smurfs mad at you

who gives a fuck?

Just made them about a million

fuck bet
tshrthell is great

Further, the site asks, why is it that Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle can do stereotype humor without repercussions, and not Tshirthell.com?

keep that disrespect up and BET gon' have to bust a cap in they azz

ive actually talked to the owner of tshirthell before he even thought of starting the company, and i know, he wouldnt give 2 fucks about bet and would probably pump out a few more racist shirts like that, just to piss them off

Business must be going thru the roof right about now

I have nothing against BET but aren't they being hypocrites.

you're a racist

Tshirthell.com could careless what Bet thinks or anyone else.

It wouldn't be Tshirthell.com if it gave a shit.

Tshirthell.com :thumbsup :thumbsup

T shirt hell is great :thumbsup

me 2 :helpme

one racist company crying about another racist company. life goes on.

lol, bet is owned by viacom (white) :1orglaugh y'all got it twisted

Yes I am.. I hate ignorance.

Tshirthell should send BET a couple of buckets of KFC, case of Pepsi and a couple of watermelons as a thank you for the publicity. How is that for stereotyping?


Fuck these sensitive people.

That site has the fuckin funniest shirts in the world!

they're probably laughing all the way to the bank with all that free publicity.

remember any publicity is good publicity.

bahahaha that was good

Agreed , Not to all tastes , but then what is ? :2 cents:

Tshirthell is run by white people.

Black people are allowed to be racist.

Remember, their ancestors were enslaved so we have to be nice to them.

I love the shirt that says:

"I'm What Willis Was Talking About!"


(gotta be an old man like me to get that)

I can't imagine how much they're making..

Pepsi? I thought it was grape soda.

OMG i just pisseed in my pants

I love it. The more they complain, the more sales they generate. T-Shirt hell are probably hoping for a whole lot more of this kinda thing.

Tshirthell rocks. The very fact that BET is offend means they are doing thier job and getting paid!

Hahaha, too funny

fuck that tshirthell garbage. fucking racist. shit just goes too far sometimes. Fuckers, thats a good Idea putting out racist shirts. I coming up with my ideas now.....

fuck BET, HOLLA

LOL, someone at T-shirt Hell probably puts the bug in their ear in the first place :winkwink:

Too true. They should get a bunch of black pedestrians together and pay them a few hundred bucks to start a T-Shirt Hell protest. That'd be fucking hilarious. Call the local news.. see what happens. Get some black guys to burn some shirts or something. It's so stupid that it just might work.

Yep, thats what i never understood. Wait till they launch WET, they gonna say thats racist too..
Jews dont fucking complain either and they were being annihalated in WW2!

ah boo fucking who tshirthell rocks.