From Arafat to Kanye West

These are now on sale at Macy's:

Like crucifixes I guess. People sheepishly wear important relics and represent themselves as ignorant contradictions to the very belief structure they're "rocking."

I thought this is funny. A friend of mine is an Islamic Fundamentalist. He wore a Keffiyeh for a long time because he was a supporter of the PLO. Zionists were scared shitless and offended when he walked around with it.

I wonder how they feel when they see hundreds of trendy hipsters all over the city wearing them (well not this shithole for another 3 years, but real cities). It is after all representative of solidarity with the Palestinian people during this time of oppression. Don't get me wrong, I too am disgusted and angered by the atrocities being committed against the men, women and children of Palestine - but I wonder if the hipster nation wearing this symbol even know what a keffiyeh is.

Here are two really good blogs written on the tragically hip:

http://thefashioneasta.wordpress.com/

http://adlicious.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/hipster-olympics/