Here’s an article denouncing “communist chic” (“CCCP” t-shirts, a vodka bar chain called “the Soviet,” even a Stalin theme park in Lithuania!).
We’re all familiar with the ubiquitous Che Guevera t-shirts. Yesterday I saw one that was new to me – a Ho Chi Minh t-shirt (I might be a little afraid of running into a disgruntled Vietnam vet wearing that one).
I don’t get it – what’s the fascination?
glamour of evil?
I think it probably has to do with the fact that there is no group like the Jews which is utterly, totally, invested in making sure no one forgets the evil of Communism. Kids and the Nazis are the same way, except we have been so thoroughly (and rightly) sensitized to the horrors of Naziism that it is unacceptable to wear a swastika. But if there were no public outcry, you’d see a lot more of things like motorcyclists wearing the helmets of the Wehrmacht and “Adolf Hitler World Tour” T-shirts (which I saw in high school).
What do you mean the Jews? Most of the Soviet NKVD were Jewish, as were most of the early communist leaders. As a matter of fact in a more “politcally incorrect” time Communism was known as Jewish Bolshevism. Worldwide Messianic “salvation” without the Messiah, that what spured Marx, et al.
Wow, anonymous, thanks for having the courage to state your beliefs boldly. That is surely what moticated Scholmo Lenin and Shimon Stalin. I salute you, anonymous.
But to the point, I think there is 1) the shock factor, 2) the fact that the Soviet Union and Communism are still seen in a Romantic light in the minds of some and 3) People like Fidel, Che and Ho Chi Mihn were, in some ways, liberators of their people, even if what they started years ago had become just a different brand of opression and brutality by the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Now, where are the Sandinista t-shirts? That’s what I really want to see.
Anonymous – I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you’re not just looking for an excuse to engage in gratutious slurs against Jewish people and simply point out that your comment makes no sense as a response to Maurice’s. His point being that no one group has as much personally invested in making sure that there is no glorification of communism as the Jews do w/r/t Naziism.
A Thinking Reed 
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