CHE IS BIG BUSINESS
Stumble This Has anyone noticed the new Che Guevara fashion trend? It's the "hip" thing to wear now. I wonder how many kids really know what Che accomplished...being one of Castro's best hitmen? Apparently, various clothing outlets are cashing in on the fad.
Worldnet has a great article that covers this strange...puerile fad.
I'm glad the public is finally speaking out.
How about a shirt with "Nathan Hale" instead?
"There is no finer record of high character and patriotic devotion, of unselfish service and of a spirit unquenched and majestic in death than that of Nathan Hale" - President Calvin C. Coolidge.
Or, you can wear one of these bad boys. Or, one of these.
Make a statement. Hey, it's just a thought.
-justaguy
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Excellent suggestion about Nathan Hale, but I don't see any images of the hero to copy!
Another suggestion, along with Hale imagery if locatable, is Patrick Henry (an ancestor of mine).
The imagery and fadism about Che Guevera has been around a while -- I remember asking what a poster of the same image used on that red t-shirt (one of your links) was, years ago when I was first in college, a poster on the wall of a very intelligent but awfully maladjusted biology student I knew then. And Guevera has media presence, such as it is, certain high profile people in the entertainment industry (Oliver Stone and Robert Redford come to mind here relating to his subject) who speak with lauds about Castro and also Guevera are certainly fueling the trendy nature of Guevera, while many who join in that trend do so out of trendiness and don't have the faintest idea of what it is they are lending support for and whom and why (the actual history about and person of Guevera are not widely known by most, particularly teens in present day -- there's an absence of information about Castro and his coconspirators that works to their benefit, unfortunately).
I agree that Guevera's imagery is terrible as to "fashion trend" but also any other trend. We need more heroes that aren't of the failed kind in American media, real exposure about real lives lived in valor and service and courage...like, you are right, Nathan Hale. I doubt that he is even mentioned in most educational programs, however, which is so sad as to be tragic. Again, more work on America's educational system is necessary, to include the full benefit of information about our nation and how it was created and by whom, and less information about the notoriety-read-as-noteworthiness that has been communist terrorism throughout our modern ages. Starting with the entertainment industry, among which are many who really want to romanticize Fidel Castro, and do.