- Danny Schwartz
So, you’ve all heard by now about how Urban Outfitters is apparently ripping off hard-working crafters, right? If you haven’t read about this story yet, you should. But now the story is spreading into weird crevices: Politico says Cyrus attacked Urban Outfitters for allegedly stealing craft designs, and then she took the company’s president to task for giving money to Rick Santorum in a surprisingly scathing series of posts on Twitter.
“IF WE ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE NEXT THING U KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE MARRYING GOLD FISH’ — Rick Santorum UO contributed $13,000 to this mans campaign” tweeted Cyrus, mocking Santorum for some earlier remarks regarding gay marriage.
She also wrote about Urban Outfitters and Santorum: “Not only do they steal from artists but every time you give them money you help finance a campaign against gay equality.”
I never thought I’d say this, but: Go, Miley Cyrus!
A friend of mine works for her dad and has met her many times. He says she’s far smarter and more badass than anyone gives her credit for. I think this may be proof.
Yeah, I think I might have to stop making fun of her.
Urban Outfitters is a scam. I prefer to call them by their real name Suburban Outhouse.
Urban Outfitters has a long history of strange political behavior. In the run-up to the 2004 elections U O presented a line of t-shirts with “voting is for old people” screened on the front. This was a “rock the vote” year and the GOP were afraid that young voters would vote Dem. There was a movement to confuse the youth vote and deflate rock the vote. U O pulled the shirts after they created a lot of negativity towards the company. In the end, they claimed they were being ironic, but the CEO is a big GOP funder. I haven’t bought a product from them since.
I remember seeing a clip of an interview with Britney Spears in Bowling for Columbine where she said something to the effect of “We should all just trust President Bush” and I was never able to jack off to her again. Thank you Miley, for letting a new generation of liberal teenagers continue to jerk off to the current biggest Disney popstar with a clearer conscience.
Right on!
It’s pretty cool
Cool!!
Well, she can’t sing or dance, so thank god she’s not an idiot!
Much credit to Miley on this one. I’m sure OU would rather she just shut up!
I like it when some glimmer of hope from a manufactured, corporate pop star shows. Could she actually make good music some day?
I had a thought: Rick Santorum’s first full name is “Richard”, right? Another diminutive of Richard is Dick, ergo:
Dick Santorum…
Also, good on ya Miley!
Why would MILEY CYRUS care if Urban Outfitters steals from ARTISTS?
Regretsy debunked this.
@14 which part, the Santorum thing? or UO stealing other artists shit?
the distinction probably matters…. because all I got was that UO is sorta “copying” and/or misrepresenting itself or something kind of in a grey are.
not anything about their support of frothy candidates.
“grey area”
From the link: “And, as PoliticsPA points out, “This is the second time in recent weeks that Santorum has popped up in an unlikely quarter of pop culture…”
Santorum: An Inconvenient Froth