@Target did you know that 3.3 million Americans have OCD? #Mentalinesses are real diseases like any other. #stigma pic.twitter.com/YFPU3F4dKJ
— amy / bluelightblue (@_bluelightblue_) October 26, 2015
Target customers were seeing red this week after the popular retailer started selling a holiday sweater that used the term “OCD.”
The sweater in question, which reads “OCD Obsessive Christmas Disorder,” has reportedly sparked outrage on social media, with users demanding the store stop selling the item.
RELATED:VIDEO: Porn audio plays over Target store intercom Target is not the only retailer hawking products with the slogan this holiday season, AdWeek pointed out. Time magazine reported that “OCD” items have also been found at the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel. “We never want to disappoint our guests, and we apologize for any discomfort,” a Target spokesman said in a statement to AdWeek. “We currently do not have plans to remove this sweater.”
Boo, @Target. You’ll end up on the naughty list if you keep making light of illnesses like #OCD. pic.twitter.com/QERuaFK4OJ
— Dani Poole (@DPoolePR) November 8, 2015
Tell @Target this product is offensive. #OCD #stigma pic.twitter.com/WnGUGqzFtO
— Tammy Daily (@MoviesNMadness) November 6, 2015
can we please have target remove this shirt? this could be really offensive to people who actually have OCD. pic.twitter.com/A1j8Q4czoG
— alli (@grandesgarden) November 10, 2015
living with OCD makes every day a nightmare, but it’s cool @Target, as long as you’re making bank off my illness. pic.twitter.com/qJb3t6Sj6Q
— Laura Novick (@lauranovice) October 24, 2015
I was very upset to see this holiday sweater at @Target . OCD isn’t something to trivialize as a holiday phase. pic.twitter.com/VVKgoI8lih
— plastic flowers (@tvlitrz) October 27, 2015
@Target any update on why you are selling this shirt making fun of #mentalillness? #OCD is a real disease not a joke pic.twitter.com/AWYsNyCw50
— amy / bluelightblue (@_bluelightblue_) October 28, 2015
