The above snapshot was culled (hey, two items in one day) from Baseball Fever, where an enraged poster wrote,
Now, I know this is 100% true, because the picture is taken from a friend’s MySpace page (the one standing next to Cano is my friend’s brother), who met Cano and other Yankees. Not sure when this was taken, but I’ll find the exact date when I see my friend tomorrow. This is deeply disturbing that he would embrace a murderous Communist, and got no media coverage. Had he wore a Hitler shirt, it would have been all over the news. I’ve lost all respect I had for him. The picture speaks for itself.
There’s a fair bit of back and forth about this at B.F., though my favorite comment had to be “I’m sure I’ve seen that t-shirt before in NYC, but hadn’t even known who the guy was.”
Its a good thing, I only have a sickle and hammer tattoo so nobody gives me shit, now I know never to wear a sequince che shirt. And I’d totally go sequince Trotsky.
Jeff, get hooked on some phonics, dude.
It’s ok to wear the Che t-shirt if you’re a white yuppie in Brooklyn. Cano didn’t get that memo, I guess.
I guess there is no comeback to being told to get hooked on some phonics, brah. I’ll go slink off in to a hole somewhere. Hopefully, the hole’s economy is bad enough where I can get a job with little kids making desginer t-shirts with communist imagery. I really think a post-ice-pick trotsky t-shirt would look a lot cooler. And, if there is a memo out there that says its ok for white people to where Che shirts, that has to be one shitty company. Watch out for white people, they give you honkeypox.
The Che shirts have certainly become more of a trend and fashion statement than a political statement…. it says “I am anti-establishment” but still part of the established anti-establishment. True, many don’t know the atrocities he was involved with… but given that the picture of Che is likely the most reproduced image in history (particularly on t-shirts), to hold this against a young man like Cano is as foolish as him wearing it.