Partisan Hex Merchandise Update
The Mandarin Mussolini’s censorship campaign spreads to Spreadshop.
Print-on-Demand publishers, including Partisan Hex's merchandiser-of-choice Spreadshop, were recently sued by the Trump Organization for infringement of the "TRUMP" trademark. MAGA devotees were using these platforms to create designs celebrating their favorite president, and his hating ass could not handle average Americans getting a piece of “his” pie. “Two scoops,” as they say.
Imagine loving someone who will not let you use his name. I will say this: if my man Joe Biden had ever told me I could not wear RIDIN’ WITH BIDEN swag unless he got his cut, he could certainly expect less of my public advocacy going forward. Perhaps I have more self-respect than the average MAGA sycophant.
Sadly, Spreadshop pre-emptively capitulated and removed not only "counterfeit" Trump merchandise, but all designs using the word “Trump.” Odd that the name of the United States president is now "forbidden"—in no way does this comport with the basic expectation of the First Amendment that one can talk good or bad shit about politicians using their names.
Spreadshop should be embarrassed to have “bent the knee.”
The Partisan Hex store's world-famous TRUMP IS A BITCH t-shirt has been a casualty of this. In no way could this be construed as some glazing official MAGA merchandise, but it has been zapped, too, along with every other Trump-critical item for sale that dared use his name. I have painstakingly crafted more than a hundred merchandise plugs throughout the year's worth of blog posts. Even if I wanted to capitulate, as if I were ABC News, it would be too laborious to excise them.
Well, I shall not do an excess of work for the reward of less money! Instead, Alterations to the design have been made while we search for a new Print-on-Demand publisher that will not curtsy and kowtow.
Introducing the TR*MP IS A BITCH t-shirt, which I will still refer to as the TRUMP IS A BITCH t-shirt. As you can see, we removed the "U" in "TRUMP" and replaced it with an asterisk to evade the censors. This is slightly clever, too, because it implies that "TRUMP" is a profane word that must be censored.
In addition, we are introducing the DONALD IS A BITCH design, which I believe conveys a similar message. The Partisan Hex merchandise team is hard at work seeking other variations of "IS A BITCH" so please look forward to it.
"How crude!" our critics have told us. "Whatever happened to 'when they go low, we go high?'"
I have had people stop me in the street with tears in their eyes to shake my hand while wearing the TRUMP IS A BITCH shirt. This design has resonance, and for good reason. The point of the shirt is not only to be crass and mocking, but to match the pugnacious energy MAGA has directed towards people of character, and to demonstrate forthrightly that We the People shall not be cowed. A man wearing this shirt in a public place, perhaps smoking a cigarette and leaning on a Starbucks window while wearing a leather jacket, is not only the coolest guy you will see on any given day, but also a visible symbol of #resistance. You wear this cool-ass shirt, and I promise you: you will make them hear you and perhaps get thrown out of a shopping mall.