Chia Obama Pulled From Walgreens 2
Walgreens has ordered stores in Tampa and Chicago to remove their remaining Chia Obamas, saying the ceramic planter molded in the apparent likeness of the president was not appropriate for sale. While some customers liked the product, others found it as inappropriate as the ill-fated Chia Bikini. "We decided to pull the product so we're not subject to any political interpretation of the product," Walgreens spokesman Robert Elfinger said.
Can't we all just get along? (Score:1)
Some customers ... found it had racist overtones, Elfinger said.
Well of course, if you are a member of a "race", then any product depicting a member of that race would be "racial". I don't know what an "overtone" is, though.
It's like the think-of-the-children crowd sees child pornography in things like underwear advertisements, and yet another political group sees "racism" in plant products. At least this incident doesn't involve book burnings or people being arrested for pornography or hate crimes.