description <\/a>for the \u201cChicago Stronger\u201d shirt (or that we had more fully expessed it), but that might have let facts\/intent get in the way of a good new-fashoned Twitter-lynching and the intertube’s click-generating outrage machine that brought you here. [Congratulations, you just provided $.10 in revenue for someone else profiting from the anger that their headlline instilled in you.] Alas, you’ll find no hate here.Had our initial message pierced the knee-jerk reaction and gotten through to more online folk, they might have recognized the design’s satirical nature that targeted the tasteless exploiters in Boston’s midst rather than any innocent victims. Though we: (a) are loathe to take any action that appears to bow to bullying, and; (b) had hoped that residents of the \u201cCradle Of Liberty\u201d held a greater appreciation for the freedom of expression (we support you venting your opinions, not so much your threats and insistence on censorship)\u2026we\u2019ve nevertheless pulled the shirt in the interest of harmony between two great cities.<\/p>\nIf you have written us because you think that it\u2019s wrong to hijack human misery to promote athletic glory, THEN WE ARE IN AGREEMENT \u2013 THAT IS WHAT WE WERE MOCKING WITH THIS SHIRT! Every time we saw a Boston fan say \u201cBOSTON STRONG, F#*K THE YANKEES,\u201c or “BOSTON STRONG, BRUIN STRONG!” we scratched our heads (and wondered if cheering for our teams made us evil people). We’ve been similarly confused by your emails that first tell us we\u2019re classless, then tell us how disturbingly horrifc the bombing injuries were, then tell us to f*#k ourselves and that you hope Chicago is bombed and that our legs are blown off. For making a tee shirt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Blackhawks defeated the Bruins in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals in the third overtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boston Strong, Chicago Stronger. That is the message that Chicago area based Cubby Tees wanted to convey when they attempted to see a new shirt. \u00a0The new shirt the company planned to sell read, \u201cChicago Stronger\u201d \u00a0Fans in Boston rallied behind the idea of \u201cBoston Strong\u201d following the events of the 2013 Boston bombings. \u00a0The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3],"class_list":{"0":"post-869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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