Should I be Printing This?
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Jeff Schutzman with Team Sparkle Gear will be joining Aaron and Terry to discuss Dealing with Jobs where We Ask, “Should I be Printing This?” None of us are experts on this subject. In fact, Jeff posed the question and agreed to join us to discuss. This has been a subject decorators have dealt with since the first t-shirt, but today with buzz phrases such as “hate speech” and “cancel culture” it’s time to have the conversation.
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Should I Print That?
Some images are obviously offensive to the majority of the population…
- A swastika for instance
Offensive to segments of the population
- During the Washington protests the guy with the “Camp Auschwitz” shirt
- Shock value
- Painful for a segment of the population
Fear of the cancel culture… fear of being a part of the cancel culture… fear of being associated with one side or another, one opinion or another…
Has this type of “media and messaging” problem happened before?
Free speech…
- Who is the “arbiter of truth??” This is potentially a slippery slope.
- Is truth the core issue? Or is it intent. Do we want to decorate things when the clear intention is to make people very angry? When is that appropriate?
How is television and internet media different from decorated apparel and accessories? How is it the same?
A Passive Conduit?
Messaging Velocity…Reach…Persistence
Distasteful graphics
- I’ve turned down crude images…. Sometimes having an employee point something out
What are the legal implications of saying no?
A written policy on this? Do any of our listeners have something like this?
Do context and timeliness matter? Things that were humorous a couple of months ago may not be funny now.
What do you do when you have decorated something in the past that you would not do again?
What are the risks of not thinking about this? Risks of not having a plan?
Is it ok to say “Someone is going to make money from decorating things with questionable messages, I rather it be me than my competition”
What are some “guidelines” that we can consider when adopting a policy?
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