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Anti-Hipster Hooligans Trash an Urban Outfitters in Milwaukee

reposted from infoshop.org/inews, 15.08.2008 16:11

On Thursday the August 14th, a gang of anti-hipster hooligans trashed an Urban Outfitters in Milwaukee. Around eleven in the morning, the group infiltrated the store, one-by-one. Then, when the moment was right, they made their presence known. "Die hipster scum!"

Anti-Hipster Hooligans Trash an Urban Outfitters in Milwaukee

The following communique was delivered today:

"On Thursday the August 14th, a gang of anti-hipster hooligans trashed an Urban Outfitters in Milwaukee.

Around eleven in the morning, the group infiltrated the store, one-by-one. Then, when the moment was right, they made their presence known.

"Die hipster scum!"

A person juggled eggs (all over the merchandise) while informing the customers that the circus was in town, but they were the freak show. Displays were broken, tables were flipped, merchandise was scattered all over the store, and piles of shameless Obama gear was looted and destroyed.

Let it be known, hipsters, your time has come. No longer will we sit by idly while you appropriate symbols of the working class, queer culture or revolutionary struggle while creating no cool of your own. We'll meet you on the front lines of gentrification and cultural erasure and fight you at each encounter. And Richard Hayne, don't think we've forgotten about the disgusting amounts of money you've donated to Focus on the Family and Rick Santorum, and all their anti-queer crusades.

Today we hit one of your stores. Tomorrow it might be one of your clubs, your cafes or maybe even your condos.

Put down the Polaroids and V-necks; take up the rocks and bottles.

Love,

some fans of stores in shambles"

-milo

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't get the whole point of urban outfitters attacks. They're selling to a market just like any other brand store. Let people buy what they want, where they want. No point in dumb vandalism to try to prove a point.

If anything, I feel bad for the people who work there who had to clean up all that stuff caused by immature kids. Attacking animal testing, or places that cause high amounts of pollution, or a store that is racist/bigoted against people - that makes sense. Not just because a place lets college kids get hip shirts.

Anonymous said...

^ agreed

Anonymous said...

No point? The point of dumb vandalism is because it's funny. Which attacking an urban outfitters definitely is.

People could still shop there and the employees we're still getting paid.

Anonymous said...

urban outfitters politics suck, but so does being that attention starved