This week Target became the latest target of the politically correct warriors.

Target's crime of political correctness was to sell a T-shirt. A pink T-shirt for girls. The T-shirt read, "Batgirl to-do list: Dryclean cape, wash batmobile, fight crime, save the world".

And with that, the warriors launched their attack on social media. The accusations the warriors levelled at Target ranged from the T-shirt being "outrageous", "really inappropriate", sending a "really damaging message" and the final coup de grace, "out of step with 21st century family values ... it is utterly offensive and must be removed".

Target is a business and it isn't in the business of fighting political correctness. It's in the business of selling affordable clothing to the mass market. So it withdrew the T-shirt from sale and issued the following statement: "After reviewing and reading our customers' concerns on the Batgirl tee, we have decided to remove the shirt from our stores. It was never Target's intention to offend our customers with this item."