Dr Mumbo

Will ACMA get shirty with 2GB?

Woolies described them as totally unacceptable and withdrew them from sale, but Sydney’s Radio 2GB radio seems to love them and is giving them away to listeners. Dr Mumbo refers, of course, to the wonderfully subtle and poetic ”if you don’t love it leave” shirts that have split opinion this week.

The radio station took to twitter this afternoon to promote these giveaways:

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Unsurprisingly users on Twitter didn’t take too kindly to the initiative, with most suggesting we could do without such thinly-veiled aggression emblazoned on items of clothing.

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Yet others somehow found them humorous and totally inoffensive.

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Dr Mumbo awaits with interest to see if a complaint is made to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), especially with users tweeting things like this: Screen Shot 2014-10-14 at 4.40.54 PM

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