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cate94

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35. WTF?

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2019, 07:02 PM

Dec 2019

Who came up with this lunacy?

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Amazon Under Fire Over Auschwitz 'Christmas Ornaments' [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2019 OP

FFS😔 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #1

WTF! dhol82 Dec 2019 #2

My reaction too sakabatou Dec 2019 #16

*super cringe* FirstLight Dec 2019 #3

Fucking vile jpak Dec 2019 #4

"Fucking vile" is right. Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #17

A retailer's shop on Amazon isn't "Amazon." Misleading headline TeamPooka Dec 2019 #5

Same headlines all over the world. It's Amazon, it's indefensible. appalachiablue Dec 2019 #7

More accurate headline: Aushwitz Christmas Ornaments Sold through Amazon cause controversy TeamPooka Dec 2019 #18

Doesn't Amazon customerserviceguy Dec 2019 #44

they do some but they count on their customers policing for things like this TeamPooka Dec 2019 #61

Agreed. TwilightZone Dec 2019 #10

Just like FB, eBay, Twitter, etc. The medium needs to be held accountable for what it carries. erronis Dec 2019 #12

Yes indeed. appalachiablue Dec 2019 #45

Nothing surprises me anymore. paleotn Dec 2019 #6

This is what happens when "algorithms" replace humans screening third-party sellers PSPS Dec 2019 #8

For sure appalachiablue Dec 2019 #46

It's not Amazon, it's an individual seller. TwilightZone Dec 2019 #9

At what point does the ultimate merchant (Amazon) have some basic responsibility? Facebook? Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #19

Ultimately, they are responsible. That's why Amazon removed them after being alerted. Quackers Dec 2019 #25

I'm sorry but who is MIRT? Also saw Google just posted map of Crimea being part of Russia. WTF?? Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #42

Malicious Intruder Removal Team Quackers Dec 2019 #49

I like it! Thanks for the reply. Do they get Trident pins? (or reasonable facsimile thereof)? Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #64

They can't see 100% of what goes on their site christx30 Dec 2019 #62

If I saw that at Macy's, I would blame Macy's. Sanity Claws Dec 2019 #23

Macy's is a store, Amazon is a marketplace GanjaGrower Dec 2019 #29

A store is a marketplace. Sanity Claws Dec 2019 #40

I wouldn't say I'm excusing Amazon GanjaGrower Dec 2019 #41

And so it has jberryhill Dec 2019 #51

So have you ever tried vetting users and products on that scale? Loki Liesmith Dec 2019 #60

Credit companies do so as a matter of course. LanternWaste Dec 2019 #66

A flea market would be a better analogy metalbot Dec 2019 #65

Not the same thing though Polybius Dec 2019 #58

It's Amazon's business model Retrograde Dec 2019 #67

"Never Forget." - Some deny the holocaust... Some openly brag about it. keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #11

Schlock value. These fake patriots want only to get their names on headlines. erronis Dec 2019 #15

Stomach turning, head-ache inducing, horrible. northoftheborder Dec 2019 #13

People who do this kind of thing are absolutely vile. They do it with evil intent. Hekate Dec 2019 #14

Amazon, Facebook and others need to step up and prohibit propoganda and hate speech/ products. Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #20

Defintely, this ugly and inexcusable appalachiablue Dec 2019 #47

+1 H2O Man Dec 2019 #22

+1 sheshe2 Dec 2019 #36

A key line in the article: jberryhill Dec 2019 #54

WTAF? area51 Dec 2019 #21

Made in China by some chance? LuckyLib Dec 2019 #24

Holeeee shit! murielm99 Dec 2019 #26

They do jberryhill Dec 2019 #28

I also ran a price history check on that item. Quackers Dec 2019 #32

They've been taken down n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #27

OK, I see that you can get it through Amazon Doreen Dec 2019 #30

No. Just NO. n/t PatrickforO Dec 2019 #31

Fucking insensitive gopiscrap Dec 2019 #33

i can hardly believe this orleans Dec 2019 #34

WTF? cate94 Dec 2019 #35

Good Lord in heaven wryter2000 Dec 2019 #37

Someone willing to do anything to make a buck. Quackers Dec 2019 #53

It's obscene BigMin28 Dec 2019 #38

They do. That's why they took it down. Takket Dec 2019 #57

When reading these posts, I think people have gone insane. YOHABLO Dec 2019 #39

+1 appalachiablue Dec 2019 #48

Good God! Wuddles440 Dec 2019 #43

I'm livid! icymist Dec 2019 #50

It wasn't Amazon, it was an individual seller posting to Amazon marketplace. Quackers Dec 2019 #52

Post removed Post removed Dec 2019 #55

Self-delete. nt Quackers Dec 2019 #56

What is Amazon Marketplace Takket Dec 2019 #59

It is a whole line of ugly ornaments with Polish landmarks printed on them. Kablooie Dec 2019 #63