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You Can Buy T-Shirts Glorifying Mass Shootings Almost Anywhere Online
On the day he carried out the Columbine High School massacre, 18-year-old shooter Eric Harris wore a white T-shirt with the phrase “Natural Selection” printed on it in black lettering.
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On the day of the Columbine High School massacre, shooter Eric Harris wore a white T‑shirt printed with “Natural Selection,” while his partner Dylan Klebold wore a black shirt emblazoned with “Wrath.” Since then, those designs have become associated with mass‑shooting imagery, joining a broader set of niche references to attacks on schools, places of worship, government buildings and social venues. An online community now produces and sells similar shirts, using the aesthetic to glorify and encourage nihilistic violence.
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