People have a sense of tiny comfort. One of which is not to have to think about death even for the deserving. They will, at the same as being offended by this, will support the death penalty, feel justified in invading random nations, and help defund social services. But that's never felt as confronting death. That's all in making sure their small comforts stay stable.

To everyone here that feels Nazis deserve free speech and sympathy.

They do not.

Handling Nazi with kid gloves is how we got here.

Handling Nazis with im kid gloves is how the Holocaust happened.

History is literally repeating itself and anyone sympathetic with Nazis is complicit.

Edit: Most of us know someone who's grandparents died fighting Nazis. Ignoring and empathizing with Nazi's is spitting on their graves.

"To whom?" That's the only offensive thing I see in this post.

I need that shirt.

FWIW, I support the message on display here. Intolerance for intolerance, karma, and all that.

Things at the workplace get prickly, and not always for the right reasons.

In the case of depictions of violence, it's deeper than the actions of the individual. Looking the other way only pulls management in, making them complicit. This opens the company up to a lawsuit, under some bullshit argument along the lines of "promoting a violent workplace" or some crap like that. Doesn't matter if it can be argued down in court, a lot of places would probably settle just to keep it out of the news.

Also, lets say none of that comes to pass. It also opens the door for right-wingers to go their way with this stuff. I'm talking way more hardcore than Punisher skulls.

While I think the shirt is funny and should be worn proudly, I can see how someone might be offended for non-racist reasons. Some people might simply find the depiction of death to be offensive.

That said, it's entirely possible the offended person was a raging racist.

Edit:

This edit is for those of you who are saying that people shouldn't be offended by violence since it's on TV. I think you're missing the fact that the point entirely.

The fact that a depiction of violence is making a valid point doesn't make it less offensive. In fact, that would detract from the message. Sometimes it is important to make a statement using depictions of violence to get a point across because the violence is offensive.

That said, I think it is perfectly reasonable for someone to find this shirt objectionable for non-racist reasons. For example, many people prefer not to expose their kids to depictions of violence. I think it's this person's right to wear the shirt to make their point but the consequence of wearing it is that some people may say that they find it offensive for both non-racist and racist reasons.

This brakes my brain for some reason. If a KKK member was lynched, I wouldn't feel a thing, but if someone was walking around in an office I or school with this shirt, I would feel weird about it. I can't put my finger on why.

The moderate whites are upset

Look, I'm gunna take the basic decency approach here. I fucking hate the KKK and they deserve no good will, doesn't mean I want to be subjected to violent images, period. Not wanting to see depictions of violence at work or school doesn't make anyone a bad person.