In today’s society, individuals often find themselves easily offended by things that were once considered commonplace. Sometimes, these reactions are completely warranted, while other times, they appear to be nothing more than exaggerations.
It is now your task to determine whether the young lady in the following account had a valid reason to be upset with Target for selling what she deemed an extremely offensive sweater.
Meet Reign Murphy, a regular patron of the store who decided to embark on a shopping trip one day. Among the myriad items available, her attention was captivated by a red sweater. However, upon holding it in her hands, she was taken aback by the text emblazoned across it. The sweater read, “OCD Obsessive Christmas Disorder.” As someone who has personally battled this psychological disorder, which affects approximately 2.2 million Americans, she felt deeply insulted. Reign firmly believed that the store should not have trivialized something of that nature.
In response, she promptly snapped a photo of the sweater and shared it on Twitter. To her surprise, the post garnered an overwhelming number of shares and comments. Many individuals echoed her sentiment, finding the wording on the garment undeniably offensive. However, there were also those who felt the message was neither disrespectful nor hurtful, even though they themselves dealt with the condition.
Target’s spokesperson, Jessica Carlson, extended an apology to those who were offended by the product but stated that they had no intention of ceasing its sale.
Interestingly, another woman had previously voiced her concerns about certain designs sold at Target, claiming they were demeaning. These designs included shirts bearing labels such as “bride,” “trophy,” and “Mrs.” The woman argued that such designs perpetuated the notion that women could be bought or sold.
Really? Does she really have Obsessive Christmas Disorder?? Is there even such a thing? How about Obsessive Halloween or Obsessive Easter or Obsessive St Patrick’s or Obsessive Thanksgiving or Obsessive Valentine’s or Obsessive Juneteenth??? Get Over It! Anyone can have an Obsessive disorder and not get angry over a piece of clothing. That must be an Obsessive ‘Karen’ Disorder.
Have you ever noticed that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is one of the very last objects of derision that our society is still comfortable poking fun at, making jokes about, producing movies to give you your laughs about, etc? Being over weight is a close second. Having agonized with a loved one whose life has been severely impacted with OCD, I have come to believe that derision of those afflicted with OCD tells me more about the character of those who deride the pain of others than it does those who suffer. I guess we all need to carefully analyze why we sometimes think it is OK to get our laughs at someone’s pain.
At this point, people are just looking for a fan club, deeming themselves popular. It’s a cry for a life, which is found in Jesus
Don’t shop there. Simple as that if something offends you.
As a person who has the disorder that the young woman was referring to, which by the does tend to run in families (as in my dad, myself, at least one of my daughters, numerous siblings and their children, and so forth).We have long ago decided that the very abbreviation for this disorder is completely wrong and is guaranteed to make anyone who truly has problems with it will understand when I say it should NOT be OCD. That’s just wrong on so many levels. Those of us who suffer from this know, without a doubt, that C and D come before O in the alphabet, so logically, it should be CDO. It would look so much better, and I wouldn’t have to freak out every time I saw it. So, that’s just my take on the subject, FWIW
Move on young lady….there’s always something people will be offended with…if you don’t like it…Donetsk look at it