ACSOL: Action Alert “KILL A PEDOPHILE” MERCHANDISE
There are at least four websites currently offering for sale merchandise with the message “Kill a Pedophile.” The websites are Amazon, Etsy, Killer Culture Shop and Scratshirt. Merchandise being sold on these websites includes clothing and/or stickers.
“The logos on some of the merchandise being sold include graphics of a person aiming a gun at the head of a bound man on his knees as well as the message ‘Kill a Pedophile,’” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We must stop the sale and advertisement of this merchandise.”
Registrants, family members and supporters are urged to contact each of the websites online and demand that merchandise promoting violence against any person or group of people be immediately removed from the website.
“There is no need to identify yourself as a registrant or a family member when you communicate this demand,” stated Bellucci. “The primary reason for removal is that the message incites violence.”
Here are the websites, how to file complaints for each website, and an example of what you can say. You can follow the instructions yourself to see the images of the terrible merchandise.
Please reword the examples of writingwe give below so it doesn’t look like a computer sent them.
Website: amazon.com
Where to file a complaint: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/200444420?language=en-US (be sure to click Contact Us)
Example of what you can say:
Your website has merchandise that incites violence and murder, which violates your policy. To see them, search your website for “kill local shirt”. Examples are “KILL YOUR LOCAL PEDOPHILE” and “KILL YOUR LOCAL HEROIN DEALER” t-shirts. An example of a seller name that has this is “Awesome Shirt”. Please remove these violent items from your website. Thank you.
Website: etsy.com
How to file a complaint: Send an email from your email account to trust-and-safety@etsy.com
Example of what you can say:
Your website has merchandise that incites violence and murder, which violates your policy. To see them, search your website for “kill local”. You will see merchandise like “KILL YOUR LOCAL PEDOPHILE” and “SHOOT YOUR LOCAL DRUG DEALER” t-shirts. Please remove these violent items from your website. Thank you.
Website: killercultureshop.com
Where to file a complaint: Send an emailfrom your email account to info@killercultureshop.com
Example of what you can say:
Your website has merchandise that incites violence and murder. To see it search for “shoot” on your website. An example is a “SHOOT YOUR LOCAL PEDOPHILE” t-shirt. Please remove these violent items from your website. Thank you.
Website: scratshirt.com
Where to file a complaint: https://scratshirt.com/contact-us/
Example of what you can say:
Your website has merchandise that incites violence and murder. An example is “SHOOT YOUR LOCAL PEDOPHILE”. Please remove these violent items from your website. Thank you.
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Remind ebay and the others that:
In 1987, SPLC won a case against the United Klans of America for the lynching of Michael Donald, a black teenager in Mobile, Alabama.[72] The SPLC used an unprecedented legal strategy of holding an organization responsible for the crimes of individual members to help produce a $7 million judgment for the victim’s mother.[72] The verdict forced United Klans of America into bankruptcy. Its national headquarters was sold for approximately $52,000 to help satisfy the judgment.[73] In 1987, five members of a Klan offshoot, the White Patriot Party, were indicted for stealing military weaponry and plotting to kill Dees.[74] The SPLC has since successfully used this precedent to force numerous Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups into bankruptcy.[75]
The KKK’s hate speech lead the way, and ebay & rest, are promoting hate speech that has caused people to be shot, hung, and suffered from arson. By having these items online, they are promoting murder and if someone is killed, they are financially liable, just like the KKK
All I can say is God help us all! If this is not fodder to abolish the registry, nothing is. Everyone please get on the comments page for changes in SORNA right away. I beg of everone to please make suggestions and comments as polite but direct as possible. It is imperative they hear from us. Don’t stop putting pressure on This horrible Killer Culture Shop retailer either. I was told to chug bleach also and called the “c” word after making a very benign curtious comment. This can not be tolerated People! We are talking about our lives here. Can we all join in with friends and family to get some positive results?
Today, I had gotten a notice that eBay had flagged an item I had for sale because they claimed it was “promoting violence.” I had a very long convo with an eBay rep today over this item. (For the record, it was an English translation of a book by a certain German dictator who did some terrible things in the 1930s and 1940s, someone we compare our laws to; I had used quotes from this book many years ago when comparing the modern registry laws to the laws this person also passed. There are a few copies on sale eBay right now.)
eBay’s rules are rather confusing. So a copy of a certain famous book can’t be sold on eBay UNLESS it comes with a critique of the work; however, you can sell other trhings from that era like currency, clothing, or the like. The eBay rep said it bluntly, it is “because of the Jews and what happened to them.” I brought up the fact this book was easily ordered online fom many places and that many (as I had done) had a copy to do my own critique of the author’s philosophy.
I had also brought up the fact eBay is selling plenty of “shoot your local sex offender/ pedophile” merchandise, which is also glorifying/ promoting violence, and this same rep said that’s not a peroblem and this stuff is “just one man’s opinion.” Well, wasn’t this certain German dictator’s beliefs just “one man’s opinion” as well?
It is obvious that eBay is full of hypocrisy. Certain groups are worthy of protection, while certain other groups are not. The rep did eventually admit that the policy needs work but he’s certainly not part of the solution.
I did my best to report to each of them. I couldn’t report the Amazon one because I don’t have a seller account in good standing (don’t see why that matters!). The killercultureshop one sent me a nasty reply email with a repulsive porn link as a response! So that’s their way of saying F you. Anyway, I tried.
Report their store to their e-commerce host, Shopify. It is against Shopify policy for a store to include hateful content
https://www.shopify.com/legal/report-aup-violation
I order sometimes from Etsy. I just searched “to kill a pedophile” at their website. Nothing came up.
Type pedophile in search. They have removed a page of items but a couple pages still there
OK on a more serious note, my thoughts are to not waste time on the small-time sellers but to pressure the major companies to not allow people to sell this stuff. Most of the small time folks rely on sites like Amazon, Etsy, and eBay rather than their own stores that get a small, primarily local, niche following.
This Donnie Wymer punk is a small time loser who peddles his wares at flea markets and shows that cater to whatever stupid thing he’s into. While he won’t be swayed, it won’t help his business if he’s removed from the major online retailers.
I know, hes not worth the time. Etsy did have some items removed, move to go.