On Fashion and Che

Constitution Club ^ | 05-04-07 | E the Wise

[TheConservativeCitizen]

In todays world we routinely see people wear emblems of their favorite athlete or super hero on their shirts. Much of it is a fashion statement that taps into the trends of the day. Over the next few months we will see a propagation of Spider Man symbols on the chests of eight year olds everywhere. And today, the Michael Jordan ‘Jumpman’ is more about the iconic fashion statement than it is a statement of a person’s idolization of Jordan himself. But imagine a bizarro world where people actually began to wear the icons and images of the most reviled ideologies and humans in history. How repulsed would you be if at your local mall you found the images of Josef Stalin or Adolph Hitler hanging proudly on the mannequin in the display window? Perhaps other mass murderers would make you feel better? Why not idolize the Young Turks that killed up to a million Armenians? Maybe someone a little more even tempered like Philip IV (Philip the Fair) of France or more contemporary like Saddam Hussein should garner a place on the shirts of our youth. Or perhaps you could adorn your chest with the image of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara?

Humberto Fontova details what a swell guy Che Guevara was in his piece aptly entitled The Che Guevara Farce. He was such a peach that hatred was a constant in his writings...

[Thunder90]

[Wrathswraith]

Ignorance is always in fashion.

[AlaskaErik]

The same people who idolize Che are the ones who despise our Founding Fathers and want to destroy America. And I’m not talking about our foreign enemies either. I’m talking about the ones who will be voting for Hitlery or Hussein.

[xcamel]

Che Gorilla

[Wrathswraith]

Che probably would have been one of the gorillas if he were cast in that film.

The only problem is that it would have entailed either work, or a certain amount of courage, neither of which was Guevara's strong suit.

[weegee]

But imagine a bizarro world where people actually began to wear the icons and images of the most reviled ideologies and humans in history.

This "youth" wearing an Osama shirt was spotted during news coverage of the Tsunami. Looks remarkably like t-shirts of famous athletes. This is no homemade shirt but a full fledged multi-screen print job for a large market.