The perpetually offended strike again really ticking people off on social media after the Chattanooga Lookouts were forced to pull a t-shirt because some decided it was too close to being a racial slur.
(Video Credit: Local 3 News)
The assertion was a stretch even for some snowflakes out there and people sounded off over it.
The team attempted to combine its “Nooga” nickname and its logo of two eyes in a shirt design and evidently, a number of fans felt it resembled the N-word a bit too closely. After seeing the shirt for sale, someone naturally complained about it and it was eventually pulled.
“Oh no, chattanooga this isn’t gonna work,” one Twitter user carped going viral in the process.
Another user went viral after tweeting a picture of the shirt and commenting that it was, “Hilariously bad.”
Oh no, chattanooga this isn’t gonna work pic.twitter.com/l9cnHvRzSA
— Dre (@newhandledre) July 23, 2023
Yet another contended that this “cannot be real.”
That was enough bad publicity to get the shirt yanked in today’s uber-politically correct world. But once the logo was out there, others copied it and are now selling it anyway.
Many people on Twitter can’t figure out what the whole upset was about in the first place. They defended the graphic, noting that it’s the city’s nickname combined with the team’s logo.
You can’t be serious, right? A HUGE reach to suggest there’s anything inappropriate about this shirt. The is literally the team logo, and is used very often by tons of people to substitute for two O’s. Chattanooga is shortened to Nooga by lots of people here. Get a life.
— I AM a biologist (@Hat_rack_jack) July 27, 2023
The Chattanooga Lookouts are a Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The Lookouts were founded in 1885 and adopted the team’s moniker after a fan vote in 1909. They have used the same nickname to this day with the exception of 1943, when they were known as the Montgomery Rebels playing that year in Montgomery, Alabama.
Fox News reported, “This is the second stint being an affiliate of the Reds. They were a part of the club’s farm system from 1988 to 2008, before time with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins up until 2018.”
The censoring of the shirt really has people riled up. They are getting fed up with leftists taking offense to every little thing:
This is getting to be bull. I’m done acting like a lady. Enough is enough. There is not one thing wrong with this design and if YOU see a racial slur, YOU have issues YOU need to address.
— STACY ❤️ Trump 2024! No questions asked. (@OldestFootee) July 29, 2023
I’m curious how many fans ?? Im guessing its small handful.
— hifijohn (@hifijohn1) July 28, 2023
I agree with you 100% – first of all, the slur is written with two “g’s” – Like you said, you have to be looking for a fight to get racial slur out of this.
Look it’s a freaking nike shirt. The home of LeBron, Kapernick, and a host of other race baiters. If their staff…
— Tristan (@tristanoconnell) July 29, 2023
Nooga is their long standing nickname. The looking eyes in the graphic suggest their actual name “Look outs.” So what’s the problem here?
— Catboat Guy (@catboat401) July 28, 2023
Is that all you can see?
You wake up everyday looking to be offended?
What a sad life— CryptoTK421 (@CryptoTK421) July 29, 2023
Oh come on, that’s hilarious
— Tater Avila (@UncleTater91) July 29, 2023
Ridiculous. Nobody decent thinks of the N-word until someone has to bring it up to get their 5 mins of fame.
— The Potter’s Clay Church (@TPCC83335) July 29, 2023
If you’re offended by on a T shirt congratulations you are officially sensitive.
— Shane (@LifeCoach12345) July 29, 2023
What about “Nike” ? Anything that begins with N? Gimmie a break woke snowflake pussies
— Jeremiah Westgate (@JerryWestgate) July 29, 2023
These poor people they are so insecure with themselves they have to pick on somebody else . Freedom of speech there’s nothing wrong with that t-shirt.
— Jack N combat Veteran (@JackNas51331300) July 29, 2023
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