Saturday, June 23, 2007
Playing at radical chic
Cameron Diaz apparently decided it was a good idea to wear Maoist logo attire to Peru, a country that has suffered mightily from the Chairman's poisonous ideology.
A prominent Peruvian human rights activist said the star of There's Something About Mary should have been a little more aware of local sensitivities when picking her accessories.
"It alludes to a concept that did so much damage to Peru, that brought about so many victims," said Pablo Rojas about the bag's slogan.
"I don't think she should have used that bag where the followers of that ideology" did so much damage.
Of course, this is not merely a matter of being insensitive to the locals. Mao was one of the three or four most evil men of the 20th century, and implicitly declaring support for him is morally equivalent to wearing a swastika. The mainstream media is too leftist to see it that way, but any reasonable assessment of Mao's legacy demands the comparison.
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Miss Ladybug, at
Sun Jun 24, 01:27:00 AM:
I was at a baseball game tonight (okay, technically it was yesterday, but I'm still up...). It was actually Military Appreciation Night (got a post on that, too...), and I see some guy out on the grass berm in a T-shirt with Che on the front, "1928-1967" below the portrait. It still amazes me how so many people like mass murders are cool...
By Miss Ladybug, at
Sun Jun 24, 01:28:00 AM:
"think mass murderers are cool"...
I should go to bed now...
