Amazon removes controversial suicide t-shirt after mental health charity backlash
Amazon has found itself the source of contention after a leading mental health charity condemned the company for listing a controversial t-shirt which made light of suicide.
A t-shirt which read ‘suicide watch’ and featured a cartoon of a silhouette standing atop a chair with a noose around their neck while a second figure looked on with a tub of popcorn.
Mental Health charity See Me Scotland pressured Amazon to de-list the t-shirt which it described in a tweet as “highly inappropriate”.
We're joining calls for @amazon to remove this #SuicideWatch T-Shirt. This is highly inappropriate TRIGGER WARNING https://t.co/ZdV4Qfa0Z6
— See Me (@seemescotland) January 8, 2016
Many people on Twitter joined the charity in denouncing Amazon for selling a t-shirt which adopted an insensitive take on the issue which is so prominent in Scotland.
Awful T-Shirt, can't understand how anyone though this was a good idea @amazon #EndStigma https://t.co/TatmMCIKdv — Nick Jedrzejewski (@seemeNick) January 8, 2016This is disgusting! Its hard enough to fight the stigma, without this making light of a serious issue! DISGUSTING! https://t.co/R1YF34ny95
— Samantha Everett (@Samie_12) January 8, 2016
See Me Scotland also tweeted a link to MegaCotton, the t-shirt creator’s website, so people could complain direct to them as well.
You can contact the maker of the T-shirt directly at https://t.co/zSl7DpWttj — See Me (@seemescotland) January 8, 2016A later tweet from See me Scotland reveals that Amazon responded to the outcry and removed the listing of the t-shirt.
Glad to see @AmazonUK & @megacotton remove the #Suicide Watch t-shirt from sale on their websites. #stopsuicide
— See Me (@seemescotland) January 8, 2016