Why do people have Che Guevara t shirts?

Reply 20

Craig_D

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Original post by burgergetsbored

he dead!

Don't you mean he died?

At first he died, now he dead :colonhash:

Spoiler

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 21

The Real Quaid

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Original post by yahyahyahs

Iron Man isn't real.

You're not real

Reply 22

purplefrog

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Original post by Craig_D

Don't you mean he died?

At first he died, now he dead :colonhash:

Spoiler

Reginal D Hunter?

Reply 23

Keckers

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I like to think they are all purposely perpetuating a subtle irony for comedic purposes.

Unfortunately it's more likely they are morons.

Reply 24

Struggle

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Some people wear his T-Shirt because they are attracted to the idea of self-sacrifice for others. Others like me wear the T-Shirt because he is a symbol of the necessary change and the kind of individuals we need to bring change.

Reply 25

Picnic1

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Because they are rebelling against an admittedly depressing future prospect of being retired and spending your days on a golf course with fat middle aged businessmen... Watneys Red Barrel etc.

But they are doing it in a really predictable left-wing way. Why not have a T Shirt with Tony Benn on it instead? Not long haired enough? Che Guevara was no Jim Morrison- Morrison was probably broadly a conservative when you look at his lyrics and interviews.

The most radical thing that anyone could do nowadays is to walk around with a T Shirt of Margaret Thatcher on it- no slogan (as that might make people think it was ironic), no defacement to it. Just a picture of Margaret Thatcher.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 26

Blueflare

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Because they have no idea who he was or what he did and just want to look cool, because other people wear them.

Reply 27

TheSmithsIndeed

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Geeeez, just let people wear what they want to wear. I've never actually seen anybody wearing one of these t-shirts but, I mean, what does it matter to you if somebody does? Does it hurt you? No. Move along.

Reply 28

Pwn4g3_P13

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No worse than Winston Churchill's imminent appearance on BNP merchandise...

Reply 29

MathematicsKiller

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Original post by yahyahyahs

Iron Man isn't real.

He isn't?

Reply 30

ahq

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Original post by Pedantic Teen

We haven't really covered him in History (Cuban missile crisis, but we did Castro) but whats so iconic about him? What did he do?

mevidek

He's seen as a fashion symbol. He would turn in his grave if he found out how he is being used for what he fought against. Watch Che part 1 and the Motorcycle diaries. The latter first.

Better yet, read it. :yy:

Reply 31

mevidek

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Original post by Abiraleft

Better yet, read it. :yy:

Yep, I haven't but I will. Right now I'm reading Kershaw's Hitler, then I'm onto Marx, then Luxemburg and then I'll probably read Motorcycle diaries :biggrin:

He was a really good person who - as well as Castro's government - improved Cuba massively.

Reply 32

Craig_D

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Original post by purplefrog

Reginal D Hunter?

Yes.

Reply 33

Steezy

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I saw a guy the other day wearing Adidas trainers, Nike tracksuit bottoms, a beanie hat and a Jimi Hendrix T-Shirt. I almost smacked him.

Reply 34

Astonix

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The shirts play an important role in helping the mature politicians to separate the true left-wing supporters and the faggy hippies who just want to "stick it to the man" whilst not actually understanding/knowing of/believing in left-wing ideologies.

Reply 35

hazelsaurus

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Original post by JustAnotherCliche

My cousin who is 12 was wearing a top with Che on and the slogan Viva la resistance, so I asked him who bought it for him. He replied his grandparents had got it for him for his birthday (not my grandparents his other side's grandparents) who are strong Catholics. I literally laughed for about 20 minutes over the irony.

Hahaha, that's pretty funny :smile:

Reply 36

Zitheris

Original post by Picnic1

Because they are rebelling against an admittedly depressing future prospect of being retired and spending your days on a golf course with fat middle aged businessmen... Watneys Red Barrel etc.

But they are doing it in a really predictable left-wing way. Why not have a T Shirt with Tony Benn on it instead? Not long haired enough? Che Guevara was no Jim Morrison- Morrison was probably broadly a conservative when you look at his lyrics and interviews.

The most radical thing that anyone could do nowadays is to walk around with a T Shirt of Margaret Thatcher on it- no slogan (as that might make people think it was ironic), no defacement to it. Just a picture of Margaret Thatcher.