Byron Bay grandfather becomes an unlikely hero after spray painting over offensive slogan

WICKED Campers is under fire again for another offensive slogan, but this time a man has taken direct action.

THEY’RE known for their offensive and misogynistic slogans but it seems the holiday is over for rental van company Wicked Campers.

In the past the vans, who are popular with young tourists, have advertised offensive — borderline aggressive — sexual messages such as “Camouflage condoms ... she’ll never see you cumming” and “Get out ya tits and we’ll call it quits.”

A Byron Bay grandfather has had enough. Paul McCarthy was so incensed with the slogan “a bl#w job a day beats an apple,” he spray painted over it.

The man is not alone in his war; his supporters are championing his act of defiance and slamming the company for their deviant messaging.

After Mr McCarthy was threatened with prosecution, thousands flocked to join a group calling for the boycott of Wicked Campers.

In an interview with Northern Star Mr McCarthy said: “You have to ask are they part of our community? Do we want them in Byron Bay or not? Can we ban them from Byron Bay? I’m encouraging others to come along to the next council meeting and lobby our councillors to get them banned.”

This isn’t the first time Wicked Campers have come under fire.

In 2014 the company was forced to apologise to Paula Orbea, a Sydney mother, after she started a wildly successful petition on change.org.

Ms Orbea launched the petition after her 11-year-old daughter saw a van that bore the slogan: “In every princess, there’s a little slut who wants to try it just once.”

The same day that the company publicly apologised, the Senate passed a Greens’ motion condemning the slogans.

Wicked Campers Director John Webb responded by promising to remove “insensitive” slogans, after admitting the company had crossed the line.

“As is often quoted: ‘A sense of humour is a sense of proportion’,” Mr Webb said in a statement.

“And in this instance, we admit that we have taken things out of proportion and out of the realms of what is considered to be ‘socially acceptable’.”

It seems the company is again treading a fine line between cheeky and highly offensive.

Originally published as Byron Bay grandfather becomes an unlikely hero after spray painting over offensive slogan