Only in America: Buying what you hate

A Utah mother disgusted with an offensive T-shirt buys them all off the shelves — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

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Buying what you hate
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A Utah mom who was disgusted with "indecent" T-shirts being sold at her local mall spent $567 to buy the tees so that kids would no longer see them. Judy Cox said that the offending shirts at the PacSun store, which feature scantily clad models, were "promoting the display of pornography to children."

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Samantha Rollins
Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.