[cincinnati65]

Guess I'm just being a little dense this morning, but could someone explain the "stop wearing clothes that have brand names on them" statement?

And please....I already understand that trying to explain the statements of these wackos is a nearly fruitless venture. I'm just trying to figure out what this one has against brand-name clothing.

[RepoGirl]

I'm just trying to figure out what this one has against brand-name clothing.

I'm still trying to figure that one out myself. I think it's directed at either the idea that all this mass-market stuff (like Hillfiger and Polo) which is so popular with the 'urban class' is mass-produced in third world sweat shops by those evil resource-raping capitalist pig-dog corporations. It might also have something to do with driving the need for consumer status symbols--if we didn't hold these up as desirable items, the sheeple wouldn't want them.

God, where would we be without these enlightened liberal academics (especially the over-indulged twenty-something liberal spawn)...They're so much more 'enlightened' than you or I...</extreme sarcasm>

[Benrand]

Not wearing clothes with brand names means instead wearing Patagonia, Teva, Columbia, North Face, Marmot, Western Mountaineering, Stonewear Designs, riding a Santa Cruz or Litespeed and wearing any hiking gear that can be bought at Galyan's, although any outfitter store in Ann Arbor would be, like, better. Like the Bivouac, where they have outstanding sales. And camera gear, don't get me started.

After all, the best back packs are made for hiking and you can find the best colors.

It's been my experience people like these wear MORE brand name stuff than ANYONE I have ever seen. They create their frigging lifestyle around it.