article_snippet: T.J. Maxx has been forced to withdraw a T-shirt depicting a hangman's noose, amid accusations that The shirt is glorifying suicide and racist lynch mobs.
article_snippet: The controversy started when a Twitter user, @PsychoGF_, tweeted a picture of the shirt - which also features the slogan, 'hang loose' - along with the message, 'the message is absolutely sickening that @TJMaxx thinks it's okay to sell a shirt like this'.
article_snippet: But a picture of the shirt - which also features the slogan quickly went viral, with Twitter users saying that the design 'glorifies suicide' and had 'obvious racial overtones'.
article_snippet: This T-shirt, produced by surfing clothing company Tavik and stocked by T.J. Maxx, caused controversy as Twitter users said it glorified suicide and lynch mobs.
article_snippet: Next, the growing Twitter storm directed the growing Twitter storm at Tavik, the Californian surf clothing company that designed and produced the shirt.
article_snippet: Users told Users that the shirt was 'disgusting' and 'repulsive', with one asking, 'why is this a shirt?'
article_snippet: Before long, the shirt was pulled.
article_snippet: We sincerely apologize for any offense caused by the shirt. '
article_snippet: Defiant: the shirt continued to be sold at other online retailers, one of whom is dubbing it 'pleasingly provocative' Some users, however, complained that the issue was being blown out of proportion.
article_snippet: , it's just a tee shirt'.
article_snippet: Last night, another retailer,Backcountry.com, continued to stock the shirt, describing the shirt as 'pleasingly provocative'.
article_snippet: the shirt no longer appears on the site.
highlights_snippet: The shirt also carried the slogan, 'hang loose'
  
highlights_snippet: The shirt was spotted by one Twitter user and quickly went viral .
  
highlights_snippet: Users branded The shirt 'repulsive' and 'disgusting'
  
highlights_snippet: The shirt quickly pulled The shirt from stores .
  