Reply #149: Oh, come on -- you know they've been doing that, *like* forever [View All]

[Cats Against Frist]

I happen to love tie dye. I just ordered a partially tie dyed dress, myself, the other day. Don't get me wrong -- I think these things are wonderful. I'm simply curious why people get all defensive about this.

Let's say I said, I'd pay you one hundred dollars, if you could walk across your front lawn, and not have anyone stare at you. So, you went inside your house, and put on a Superman outfit, a clown wig, and roller skates -- and walked across the lawn.

I'm simply saying that if one KNEW that the media was going to call protesters "aging hippies," -- and, they've been doing it SINCE the 60s, so how could you not know -- and knowing that marginalizing "hippies" is a favorite sport of the right -- if you REALLY cared about ending the war -- if that was a very important goal to you -- and you KNEW that your political enemies would attempt to marginalize and sterotype you, based on your clothing, again: if your GOAL was of the utmost importance, then why the hell couldn't you leave the tie dye at home? It's no different than the Camp Casey organizing staff kicking out the socialists -- which many people, here, supported.

I can't believe I'm about to say something so stupid, but "tie dye dilutes the message."

I'm sorry that I live in a world where I have to say that. See what I'm sayin'? It's not about approving of the 'core murican dress code -- it's realizing that you have opponents, and they're called "neocons," and those fuckers start off at square one thinking that Joe & Mary Jane Seed Hat are stupid -- so they are able to play them like a violin. But, you would rather wear a particular type of shirt than play the game -- not the game to conform -- the game to win, mind you.

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