What's up with the f-word on t-shirts?

Question

Okay, I let this guy go ahead of me at McDonalds and he's wearing a t-shirt that read F***the Flesh, Slit the Throat on the back. And there are tons of little kids standing behind him. I wanted to drag him outside and beat the c**p out of him. I'm sorry, but if you wear a shirt like that to a place that has a kiddie play-land you deserve a beatdown.

Is wearing that kind of shirt considered free speech? Or can they ask him to leave?

Answer 1

unfortunately

they're sold and bought

kids wear them because they're allowed

Answer 2

And parents are letting their kids wear these in public.  Me and my son were at a restaurant and one child had one on that was right in my view.  My son told the boy to step outside so he could talk to him......

It was so funny, the kids face turned red and he kind of squished up the shirt so you could not read it when he came back in.

"Not in front of my Mother you will not wear that in her face" he said walking back in the door.

My son is a Corrections Officer.

Answer 3

On public property: free speech.

On private property: they can ask him to leave.

I assure you that a McDonald's restaurant is private property.  Just call one and ask.  They own the building, the play area, the parking lot, the works.  I know this because people have attempted to eject me from private places that many people think of as "public," such as banks, shopping malls and amusement parks, for wearing a swastika.  I, however, don't wear it just to shock or instigate.  Mine is a Buddhist symbol and I wear it as part of a campaign to disassociate it from Nazism.  I carry cards with swastika history facts on them to hand out to people to educate them.  I know this is a tangent, but the point is, if you can get the manager's attention, they would very likely kick that person out and save you from high blood pressure or an assault charge.

Answer 4

People that wear that sort of shirt want to be flagrant. The manager of the McDonalds can indeed ask anyone to leave (we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone).

Answer 5

they wear it just to p**s people like you off. they don't care, why do you care so much? i don't personally wear them, but i'm not going to go home and cry about it if i see it.

but your willing to force him outside and beat him up outside of a kid friendly restaurant? how dare you.

Answer 6

I work at a state funded employment agency in South Texas and this guy comes in for an interview with a potential employer wearing a black  t -shirt with the F word on it. What the F are you thinking? Then he wonders why the recruiter cancelled.

Answer 7

I guess they could say it was free speech but it sure is rude and inappropriate to wear something like that to a place where kids go...anyone really...old ladies, preachers, families...some people just don't care who they offend.  I wish it was considered freedom of speech to beat the c**p out of people like that...it would have been a sight to see.

Answer 8

Personally, I feel that people wearing these kinds of clothes have an inferiority complex and that they are convinced that, by using offensive language or wearing it printed on Tees shows others that they are smart and intelligent. Some "quotes"should be legally banned as they may suggest - to younger people - that some things are doable or feasable and completely normal!

Why,....if adults can wear this kind of "free speech",...can't the younger generations not use the same language without being chastized by their elders?

It's kind of advertising the slogan "Do as I say but not as I do... Never mind what i am wearing...I am a grown and smart person!" Double and confusing messages.

Also, maybe people who are wearing these types of shirts are not even aware of the message they are giving and just bought them for "fun". I think, if you feel the message/quote or whatever that's written is really offensive or conveys a wrong/bad message to anybody , one should tell this person - very discreetly - that it is not the done thing especially in a place where there are so many children & teens.

Of course, a restaurant or fast food place is a public place but... respect towards others is A MUST, regardless of time and place.

Also, a "beatdown" as you suggested is not the right solution + this is just a thought - at least, I hope so -.  I am sure you wouldn't act on this feeling. It is just a way of telling people that you were very upset. Let's not take this literally as some answerers have done. Maybe, you could have asked this person - nicely and calmly - if he was aware of the type of message he was conveying to the people around him.

Hope this helps.

Answer 9

they can probably be asked to leave.

Answer 10

ur so right....wtf..do u mean by free speech...what does wearing a shirt that says the f word have to do with free speech...that guy just wants attention