why do people wear shirts with his picture on it?
2007-07-16 14:31:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
i hate to burst the hyper-idealized bubbles of my fellow budding revolutionaries, but people wear those shirts because that photograph (of Che) is iconic, not so much because of his politics. the truth is, the average fairly educated individual can't tell you a whole lot about Che's political views because they were, at times contradictory and (by his own admission) confusing.
the photograph is an icon that's come to represent the revolutionary ideal, not Che himself. just like the images from Tiananmen square. the image is so emblematic that it outgrows its literal subjects.
2007-07-16 15:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by art_child2000 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because they're somehow deluded that wearing a 20 dollar t-shirt from Hot Topic is somehow "stickin' it to the man". Yeah you're really rebelious Leroy, Rockin' a Che Guevara t-shirt that you bought at Hot Topic along with 50 dollar jeans, 200 dollar sneakers, and playing Rage Against The Machine on your Ipod all while riding in a Toyota your mom and dad bought you plastered with bumper stickers you bought at Spencers. Yep a real meme to the extreme. Fight the power!
2007-07-17 02:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because he's an Icon. Wearing one, is a statement of ones political belief; that is inclined with what Ernesto Guevarra dela Serna believes in. So, people who wears his shirt, but doesn't know him or what he stands for are stupid.
2007-07-16 21:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Adi 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Ponce has got it...... Che is a hero to many people in Latin America it would be like a gabacho wearing a Patric Henry T shirt
2007-07-16 21:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rebels are hot
People think that wearing the right T-shirt will get them laid
2007-07-17 02:38:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
They admire the idea that anyone at any time can start a revolution.
2007-07-17 01:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by bethan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They admire him i guess have you seen the Elvis ones yet
2007-07-16 23:09:14 · answer #7 · answered by havenjohnny 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They like to think he's some kind of freedom fighter for the lower class.
He's just another Communist guerrilla.
2007-07-16 21:50:33 · answer #8 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because he was the greatest revolutionary ever!
2007-07-16 21:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by Jackie Oh! 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
because they were idiots
2007-07-16 21:47:53 · answer #10 · answered by gemini221 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋