Is a Confederate uniform an inappropriate halloween costume?

[jimmy olsen]

If you weren't at school I'd say go for it. Anyone offended by a Halloween custom deserves to be offended, but since you can be penalized for it I wouldn't do it.

[The Brain]

If you wear a Reb uniform don't people have the right to kill you?

[Admiral Yi]

I assume it's a law school party?  Full of people who plan on taking offense full time as a professional calling?  In one of the bastions of political correctness?  It's asking for nothing but trouble.

[lustindarkness]

This thread proves you should wear an accurate confederate uniform, and as much as I love zombies, just keep it accurate. You want a reaction don't you? True up in yankeeland that reaction might be overblown, but worth it for our entertainment.

[Malthus]

This thread proves you should wear an accurate confederate uniform, and as much as I love zombies, just keep it accurate. You want a reaction don't you? True up in yankeeland that reaction might be overblown, but worth it for our entertainment.

Yeah, I can't see a fownside to him wearing that costume. It's all win. 

[garbon]

Yeah, I can't see a fownside to him wearing that costume. It's all win. 

I's be fowning and I'll never even see it.

[Malthus]

Yeah, I can't see a fownside to him wearing that costume. It's all win. 

I's be fowning and I'll never even see it.

As I said - it's all good.

Even the typos are good. 

[Eddie Teach]

Yeah, I can't see a fownside to him wearing that costume. It's all win. 

I's be fowning and I'll never even see it.

You're just ticked that Faeelin's honing in on your turf as the forum's gay contrarian.

[garbon]

You're just ticked that Faeelin's honing in on your turf as the forum's gay contrarian.

I am? He is?

[Eddie Teach]

I am? He is?

Well, maybe ticked is overstating it.

[Malthus]

You're just ticked that Faeelin's honing in on your turf as the forum's gay contrarian.

Heh, maybe he should dye the uniform pink, sew up a few pink triangle military badges, and come as a Gay Confederate soldier.

That ought to throw the complainers for a loop!

[Eddie Teach]

You're just ticked that Faeelin's honing in on your turf as the forum's gay contrarian.

Heh, maybe he should dye the uniform pink, sew up a few pink triangle military badges, and come as a Gay Confederate soldier.

That ought to throw the complainers for a loop!

Black gay zombie confederate soldier

Though I suspect the blackface will be more offensive than the rest.

[Ideologue]

So, my father was a civil war reenactor when he was younger, and still has his costume around. I'm debating wearing it to school for a Halloween party, but am worried some people will cry about it.

Wearing a politically suspect costume for Halloween worked out great for Prince Harry.

Seriously, of course it's inappropriate.  You should be a scary ghost instead.

[Neil]

I don't think it's appropriate even for Civil War reenactments.

You're joking, right?

Eh, there's an argument that southern reenactors are acting out nostalgia for a coup by southern planters to keep millions of Americans in bondage.

That's a retarded argument. If Poles can stomach reenactors of WW2 battles wearing nazi uniforms, surely Americans can stomach that.

You cried like a bitch when Prince Harry wore that Nazi uniform.

[Jacob]

maybe if you make it a zombie-halloween-costume... It'll be at least a bit halloween-scary then.
As it is normally a confederate uniform isn't scary enough to stop a brigade of union soldiers from burning down atlanta.

Yeah, if you just go straight up as "I'm a confederate" then you run the risk of it being seen as a political statement.  If you mess it up somehow and go as a zombie confederate solider or use the uniform as the basis of a steampunk confederate soldier or some such then you can probably pull it off.