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** Numerous rock musicians have sported the aforementioned tee shirts, and it's common to see people wearing them at concerts. Guevara himself disdained rock music (regarding it as an "Imperialist" form of artistic expression) and banned it from Cuba under the threat of imprisonment. Or worse. |
** Numerous rock musicians have sported the aforementioned tee shirts, and it's common to see people wearing them at concerts. Guevara himself disdained rock music (regarding it as an "Imperialist" form of artistic expression) and banned it from Cuba under the threat of imprisonment. Or worse. |
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** For that matter, Che is not his name (it's Ernesto). It's a nickname based on a [[Verbal Tic]], if he'd been Canadian we'd be calling him [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Eh Guevara]]. |
** For that matter, Che is not his name (it's Ernesto). It's a nickname based on a [[Verbal Tic]], if he'd been Canadian we'd be calling him [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Eh Guevara]]. |
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* [http://www.cracked.com/article_18606_8-historic-symbols-that-mean-opposite-what-you-think.html |
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_18606_8-historic-symbols-that-mean-opposite-what-you-think.html 8 Historical Symbols That Mean the Opposite of What You Think] explores cases of people mistaking real-life symbols for their opposite meanings. [[Misaimed Fandom]] is implied by many if not all of these, but especially the Crazy Horse, Guy Fawkes and Che Guevara examples. |
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* [http://www.venganza.org/ Pastafarianism] originated out of an open letter to the Kansas Board of Education that parodied the idea of teaching Creationism as a science. However, once it gained notoriety, it developed its own [[Misaimed Fandom]] as atheists came out of the woodwork, praising the open letter's contents as a [[Take That]] to ''religion in general''--which grew even more prevalent when Richard Dawkins considered the letter a ''valid anti-theological argument''. The argument is simply "you can't prove a negative", as in "you can't prove the FSM doesn't exist/didn't create the universe", in response to those who claim that the lack of proof of God's non-existence is evidence for his existence. [[wikipedia:Russellchr(27)s teapot|Russell's Teapot]] is a more classic example. |
* [http://www.venganza.org/ Pastafarianism] originated out of an open letter to the Kansas Board of Education that parodied the idea of teaching Creationism as a science. However, once it gained notoriety, it developed its own [[Misaimed Fandom]] as atheists came out of the woodwork, praising the open letter's contents as a [[Take That]] to ''religion in general''--which grew even more prevalent when Richard Dawkins considered the letter a ''valid anti-theological argument''. The argument is simply "you can't prove a negative", as in "you can't prove the FSM doesn't exist/didn't create the universe", in response to those who claim that the lack of proof of God's non-existence is evidence for his existence. [[wikipedia:Russellchr(27)s teapot|Russell's Teapot]] is a more classic example. |
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** Ultimately, Pastafarianism's creator subverted this trope: Although he had originally professed that he had nothing against religion, he [[Sure Why Not|embraced his atheist fans]] and catered to their desires. Now that Pastafarianism is a [[The War On Straw|Straw Religion]] with the message that "[[Belief Makes You Stupid]]," it's attracted its fair share of ''serious'' followers. |
** Ultimately, Pastafarianism's creator subverted this trope: Although he had originally professed that he had nothing against religion, he [[Sure Why Not|embraced his atheist fans]] and catered to their desires. Now that Pastafarianism is a [[The War On Straw|Straw Religion]] with the message that "[[Belief Makes You Stupid]]," it's attracted its fair share of ''serious'' followers. |
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