Sociological Images » OBAMA MASK LISTED AS “TERRORIST COSTUME” BY AMAZON
Burk sent in a link to this image and the related story from firedoglake.com. This is a screenshot of Amazon’s listing for a Barack Obama mask, which came up if you searched “terrorist costume.”
Someone at Amazon needs a serious smack upside the head. OMG when submitting this review, here are the Amazon Tag Suggestions they provided for me: Tag Suggestions (click to add): obama, barack, liar, socialist, costume, dignity, terrorist, creep, marxist
I am sure the computer generates recommended tags based on some statistical analysis of what past reviewers have used in association with Obama’s name, so it’s not an indication that Amazon advocates those particular tags, but still…geesh.
Apparently Amazon has now changed the listing. Now when you search “terrorist costume” it says,
Your search ‘terrorist costume’ did not match any products in: Apparel. Related Searches: arab costume, terrorist.
Ok…so, um, they fixed one problem, but, uh…
