CNN reported that last week “Southwest Airlines kicked a woman off one of its flights over a political message on her T-shirt.” The shirt in question read “Meet The Fuckers” and had a picture of W, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice. I happen to think that this is total bullshit, but having read through the associated MetaFilter thread, I have to admit that there are some interesting arguments on both sides, and some of the minutiae of the case could actually make a big difference. What do you think?
By the way, T-Shirt Hell, an online T-Shirt purveyor that sells a similar T-Shirt, has used this case to get some publicity, claiming that:
If any T-Shirt Hell customer is kicked off of any commercial airline flight simply for wearing one of our shirts, we will provide you with alternate transportation to get you to your original destination. This transportation includes, but is not limited to, the T-Shirt Hell corporate jet.
I’m now hoping to see a sudden increase in people wearing “offensive” T-Shirts in order to get a ride on the T-Shirt Hell “corporate jet.” 
