You know, like a Che T-shirt doesn't mean you're endorsing the killing of political prisoners and stuff. Or that a George Washington statue endorses slavery. It's like a "you came at me but I'm going to beat you" lyric, not literally as Tupac meant it.
Whatever, it's not intended to mean killing someone. But you have to be a colossal dumbfuck to say it like that to a bunch of people wise in the ways of the street political machine.
Most people who see a Che t-shirt don't know who he was, only that his face shows up a lot.
The problem isn't referencing something or someone, but doing so expecting those on the receiving end to know the reference and not take it at face value.
Yeah, I think there's a big difference between wearing Che's face, and posting a quote of Che where he ordered people to kill someone.
One, without context, is just a face. The other, without context, promotes murder. Context matters of course, but so does the actual quote itself without the context.
>You know, like a Che T-shirt doesn't mean you're endorsing the killing of political prisoners and stuff. Or that a George Washington statue endorses slavery.
What a load of bullshit. He put names of specific people in his tweet who have subsequently received threatening letters in paper mail.
The intended audience heard the message loud and clear.
I wonder if you took that message the same way if Tran said "Die slow, Rene Wiltord" and you received personal paper mail afterwards that said "Tran was right. Die, Rene."
These discussions here wouldn't exist if he'd just posted Tupac's portrait on Twitter. But he specifically quoted a sentence with a very clear and unambiguous meaning.
Whatever, it's not intended to mean killing someone. But you have to be a colossal dumbfuck to say it like that to a bunch of people wise in the ways of the street political machine.