My girlfriend thinks I'm ridiculous...

[Stand Your Ground]

Would you say so?



I also have a commie necklace not included in the pic.

[thesadmafioso]

So you own some items depicting the unification of the industrial proletariat with their class allies of the peasantry in united revolutionary cooperation, what is so ridiculous of this?

Seriously though, you have to view an assortment of such items through the lens of someone less inclined towards history and Marxist theory if you want to understand why that sort of situation may arise. Obviously, most of the effect of socialist symbolism will be lost on the average person and thus it will just sort of come off as strange to them.

[Stand Your Ground]

Indeed. She's mostly apolitical, but I know she hates the U.S. system as any sensible person would. She just thinks I over do it with the hammer & sickles lol.

[Tommy4ever]

Mabye she finds it strange that an Anarchist has all this Soviet paraphanalia.

[scarletghoul]

LOL Why not go for some diversity.. a mao shirt, something red/black,, cuba solidarity wear etc

[bcbm]

Would you say so?

yes, you seem a little too invested in your subcultural identity

[Tim Cornelis]

Yes, it's lil' ridiculous in that it's useless to have a communist mouse patch (or whatever it's called in English). Especially since you're not a USSR apologist, I presume.

[Sam_b]

Yes, especially since your avatar appeard to communicate that you're an anarcho-communist.

[PhoenixAsh]

I think ridiculous is the wrong word to use. I think bcbm said it best...too invested
...and I'll add too one sidedly so (and with that I mean in imagery).

That said...if you like it...why the hell not. But I seriously wonder why you would have them since you are an anarchist...and that might lead me to think you want them for shock value. Thats fine by me...just realise what you are doing.

I have several shirts myself...one with the black cat; one with the black rose; two different antifa shirts and one with the RAAN symbol. I wear them to the gym. It keeps the opinions I do not want to hear away from me...and it works...people watch what they are saying to and around me and that avoids very nasty debates.

[Sam_b]

and who actually wears a Hammer and Sickle tshirt anyways

[PhoenixAsh]

At oen point I was seeing them everywhere....turned out to be some fashion label called CCCP which was briefly popular.

[thesadmafioso]

I used to have a few communistic t-shirts that I would wear in high school, more or less for the opportunity they afforded me to political debate and to feel rebellious. It was good fun for that time and for that age, I guess. Seems somewhat vulgar looking back on it though.

[Aurora]

Best thread title ever

The flag is pretty nice though, wouldn't mind having one.

[GPDP]

About the only thing I have that may tip people off about my politics is the hammer and sickle over the red/black flag as my cell phone's wallpaper. Well, that and my books, but only a few of them are openly about radical politics, at least as far as their spines go.

Just about everything else I own only points to me being a huge tech/video game nerd.

[ColonelCossack]

dayum... that's more hammer and sickle stuff than i've got. and i've got quite a lot.

[Leftsolidarity]

Haha I've got a lot of hammer&sickle shirts and anarcho-communist flags also. Lucky for me though my girlfriend digs it.

[Dogs On Acid]

I like the key chain and the flag, the rest is ridiculous.

[W1N5T0N]

im not really into the whole political ideology/soviet nostalgia thing anyway...

People who like to wave flags don't deserve to have one- Banksy.

Thats why the black flag is the best flag: It signifies no adherence to any fixed ideas, leaders or systems. it is an anti-flag.

[Rafiq]

I think the makhnovtchina flag is badass, but other tham that, red flags are the way to go.

[W1N5T0N]

black or red, preferably both.
No state, no ideology, no fake idols. (and no fake symbols either)