Reply to: "The Keffiyeh: Modern Symbol of Hipster Ignorance"

It was such a relief to find this blog and to see that I am not the only one shaking my head in despair at the ignorant fashion of youth. On many occasions I have resisted the urge to intervene when overhearing a group of students expressing their disgust at the conflict in the Middle East, saying, “Its like sssooo sad, I would like never support something like that” while ignorantly twirling the knots of their keffiyeh’s in their fake fingers.

Another icon that we proudly paste all over our bodies is that of Che Guevara. Many who blindly follow him do not know that he, in fear of his communist position being compromised, became a mass murderer, killing thousands of men, women and children. We might as well put Hitler on a badge and pin it to our chests, which we puff out in consumer inflated pride.

To be fair though we cannot assume that everyone who wears such things is ignorant of the issues that surround it and will probably say that these issues are bigger than a badge on a bag or a keffiyeh swirled around the neck. They are perhaps wearing it to bring attention to the issues. But unfortunately the rest, despite the powerful and well informed argument, will never allow political awareness to trump their attempts to be hip and happening.