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betterthanhuman aka Thomas is a 30.89 year old boy, has been a member since April 17, 2007, has scored 4,062 submissions, giving an average score of 1.46, helping 61 designs get printed.

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Sep 28 '07 by betterthanhuman
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This is freaking absurd!

So I ran across this design while scoreing last night:

There was a Maozedong! - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

Take a look at the string of comments.
I am so frustrated with under-educated people flaunting evil as a pop culture theme. It's not even their fault most of the time. How many of you were ever taught about the history of Mao and his atrocious reign in school? Not many.
How about Che Guevara? Do you all realize that he was the man that put Fidel Castro into power? He led the revolution in Cuba then left to let a dictator of terror destroy generations of people with poverty. It's just plain sick.
Most of you wouldn't wear a picture of Geroge Bush on a t-shirt, let alone any real terror like Hitler or Stalin or any other genocidal megalomaniac!
So, do yourselves a favor. Go to the library (That's the place with all the books.) and brush up on some history. Real history, none of this Wikipedia crap. Don't let a culture of stupidity and ignorance rule you.
That's all I have to say about that.

skafiend007 on Sep 28 '07 at 11:42am

well, that plus the fact that he just took some existing are and slapped it on a shirt without any kind of personal input.

wantastico on Sep 28 '07 at 11:57am

you are totally right mang - i am with you but dont blame Ernesto Guevara on the way that Cuba turned out. He had an idea, just like many other great minds.

amy122166 on Sep 28 '07 at 12:00pm

*sips a diet coke*

impossiblejosh on Sep 28 '07 at 12:01pm

it is a stupid trend, but dont fret, its a old trend, and its going away.

this guys a little late on the curve.

but in defense of it, che guvera is cool.

he challenged the american way of life, and that is super cool.

also we killed, him. so thats pretty cool.

you gotta face it, the guys pretty cool.

but there's nothign cool or funny about this one

betterthanhuman on Sep 28 '07 at 12:21pm

Well, I'm glad to see you guys agree. And I'm glad the trend is going away. It's not the style of art that bothers me. I love the likes of Shepard Fairey. It's the uplifting of the ideals held by people like Mao.

You're right about Che. Fidel was the corrupt one. Che ideas were great, it's the corruption of those ideas in practice that has harmed so many live.

juliejeremiah on Sep 28 '07 at 12:36pm

I agree with you on the Mao thing.

Che shirts only piss me off because usually the doofuses wearing them don't know who he is.

I also think that if people want to wear a shirt with an image that embodies revolution, they should skip the cliched Che shirts and get a shirt with Louis Riel on it. There's not many true North American revolutionaries, but he was one.

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christi104hsia on Oct 01 '07 at 4:26am

I agree with betterthanhuman.

I find it annoying when people wear this kind of tee and don't know what it represents to 3 billion people in the world.

welshalex on Oct 01 '07 at 4:51am

If this makes you frustrated, look up a user called 'grimey' and check out his designs. You'll be seething with rage!

kristian.israel on Oct 01 '07 at 4:51am

Agree Also! viva Pancho Villa!

kristian.israel on Oct 01 '07 at 5:05am

What makes you think I would debate that? For that matter by our last two presidents? or even three? When you add up our military action of even the last 20 years (Panama, The Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia/Yugoslovia and our current campagins in Afganistan and Iraq) even the most liberal estimate of combatant casualties, allied casualties and civilian casualties combined don't begin to touch even 10 million.

Yeah that bastard Mao is evil, however no war, no combat, no military action of any sort including "freedom" should be an excuse for human death. Any country who sends its citizens to war, to defend liberty on territoriy that is not theirs should be ashamed becasue they are defending a value with ITS own ppl that give IT the value IT defends in the FIRST place.

Im in favor of Human life. I think any form of military action or brute force is a reflection of how weak a person is to be able to resolve situations using their mind and ability to solve problems in a non-violent way.

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wantastico on Oct 03 '07 at 10:36am

AMEN

betterthanhuman on Oct 04 '07 at 1:14am

Good discussion guys. Thanks for the comments. It's encouraging to know the world isn't made entirely of idiots.

iDanSimpson on Oct 04 '07 at 1:17am

my farts smell terrible.

impossiblejosh on Oct 04 '07 at 1:54am

was it right that che became currupt and idealistic?

some friends were telling me that towards the end of his life, he was doing excecution style stuff to people who didnt see his way.

i guess thats what they mean when revolutions cycle back in on themselves creating a simliar if not worse situation again.

kinda a bummer no?

betterthanhuman on Oct 04 '07 at 2:11am

Bummer is right.

I'm not sure about the Che executing anyone. I'll have to look into that one.

supersport68 on Oct 04 '07 at 8:11pm

YO F__K CHE GUEVARA AND HIS ROTTEN CORPSE AND WHO EVER IS WEARING THOSE TACKY ASS SHIRT NOT KNOWING WHO THE HELL HE WAS. I GOT FRIENDS OF MINE FROM CUBA THAT THEY HAD FAMILY MEMBERS KILLED BY THIS PIG. LEARN THE REAL HISTORY OF THAT FILTHY PIG. ALSO HE WAS NOT KILLED BY THE AMERICANS FIDEL HAD HIS ASS WACKED BECAUSE HE HAD DIFFERENT BELIEVES THAN HE DID. TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO WEAR THOSE COMMUNIST FACES SHOULD LEAVE THIS FREE SPEACH COUNTRY AND GO THOSE COUNTRYS AND SEE IF YOU COULD SPEAK YOUR MIND OR WEAR ANY TSHIRT YOU WANT OR HAVE ANY FOOD TO EAT BECAUSE ALL THEIR RESOURCES ARE GOING TO THE ARMY AND WEAPONS.

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they call me dan on Oct 09 '07 at 3:20pm

Speaking of "trends-that-were-started-based-on-a-real-cause-but-now-are-being-toated-and-worn-by-every-misunderstood-youth-that-wants-to-appear-to-care" then take a look at the "To Write Love on Her Arms" shirts. Every kid at any punk-rock-emo concert is wearing these shirts and I know that a lot of them do support this great cause, but a lot of them, think it's a shirt about drawing tattoos on a girls arm.....

they call me dan on Oct 09 '07 at 3:20pm

Sorry for the frame blow-out from my comment.