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Offensive Shirts As A Way Of Freedom Of Speech

By Tonia Michael


In this generation, more and more fashion trends have been coming out because of the growth of the fashion industry. These days, people view the clothes that they wear as a means of expressing their feelings and their personalities. One of the more popular trends these days are offensive shirts with blunt and sometimes obscene messages.

These kinds of clothes created problems when they first came out in the market. Most of the messages that were written in these shirts were a protest to the government. Before they became popular, protest groups like the feminists would wear clothing like these to express their feelings and thoughts about the regime. Eventually, this turned into a trend that appealed to many people around the world.

Nowadays it is common to see a person wearing a shirt that contains obscene language, pictures of sensitive issues, and messages that encourage sex and violence. The government and other conservatives see this practice as a means of promoting bad ideas and influencing the youth the do bad things and turn against everything that is good. In fact, one lady was apprehended by a pilot on an aircraft because she wore a shirt that openly cursed the American government.

Now although it seems that this trend may be very harmful to the young ones, they do not know how beneficial it can be as well. By promoting the trend, young people are actually exercising their right of freedom of speech. There is absolutely nothing wrong with talking about issues that they believe need questioning and bringing up. They are expressing how they feel about themselves and how they can relate to the message written on their shirt.

Very much like music, fashion also enables individuals to deliver a message that they would want the public to hear. One would often hear singers talk about themselves and their life experiences through their songs. Very often the lyrics of these songs would contain cussing, innuendos, blunt messages, and stories. So if music is allowed to reach its target audience, then fashion should as well.

Countries who do not support this belief try to ban trends like these. They believe that the youth would become more rebellious if it continues going on like that. They think that this is one of the causes of the uncontrollable youth these days.

Now the thing about these clothes is that they are not supposed to be taken too seriously. Makers came up with this idea because it is supposed to just be a medium of expressing thoughts and at the same time a joke. Young people have the need to be heard, so this is a way for them to show who they are.

Now by taking a look at these points, one may observe that there is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing offensive shirts because it is just a means to voice out. Do remember though that wearing one will attract plenty of attention and not always positive ones. So be very careful when wanting to put one on. Fashion is just like any other right, a privilege that comes with consequences.




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