Is a Confederate uniform an inappropriate halloween costume?

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Syt

#30
September 07, 2009, 01:56:22 AM
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Syt

#31
September 07, 2009, 01:56:55 AM
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Josquius

#32
September 07, 2009, 01:59:25 AM
Yes, it is inappropriate. Unless you're a confederate zombie.
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Martinus

#33
September 07, 2009, 01:59:48 AM Last Edit: September 07, 2009, 02:01:48 AM by Martinus
Well, obviously I do not know much about American culture, since I wouldn't find the uniform offensive (as far as I am concerned, anything that hasn't happened within the living memory is a free game - for example, I don't think anyone in Poland would get offended if someone came to a fancy dress party dressed like a Prussian soldier, with a pickelhaube and all, or as Lenin).

But since it seems to be controversial, I'd go for the zombie confederate option - that certainly can't be interpreted as "glorifying the confederacy" imo. Plus it would obviously fit with the Halloween theme.

Martinus

#34
September 07, 2009, 02:03:00 AM
Quote from: DGuller on September 07, 2009, 12:01:51 AM
I don't think it's appropriate even for Civil War reenactments.

You're joking, right?

Syt

#35
September 07, 2009, 02:05:08 AM
Confederate zombie sounds like a good idea indeed. :)
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Razgovory

#36
September 07, 2009, 02:53:32 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 07, 2009, 01:56:55 AM


Just need the helmet and that's perfect.  You won't offend anyone except those with taste.  Nobody will know what the fuck you are.
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Tonitrus

#37
September 07, 2009, 02:53:59 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 07, 2009, 02:05:08 AM
Confederate zombie sounds like a good idea indeed. :)

I agree...this is probably the only way it can be pulled off without being potentially offensive; and it needs to be as garish and blatant as possible.

Tonitrus

#38
September 07, 2009, 02:54:55 AM
Better yet, carry a fake AK-47.  What could be scarier than a character from a Turtledove novel?

Syt

#39
September 07, 2009, 03:02:33 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 07, 2009, 02:53:59 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 07, 2009, 02:05:08 AM
Confederate zombie sounds like a good idea indeed. :)

I agree...this is probably the only way it can be pulled off without being potentially offensive; and it needs to be as garish and blatant as possible.

I can see it working, though, if you're black:


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Lettow77

#40
September 07, 2009, 03:18:39 AM
 The two arent the same at all, obviously. I just happen to like both, and the South has a signifigant celtic background in its roots.
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Admiral Yi

#41
September 07, 2009, 04:50:48 AM
I don't think things would go well.

Josquius

#42
September 07, 2009, 04:56:47 AM
Quote from: Lettow77 on September 07, 2009, 03:18:39 AM
The two arent the same at all, obviously. I just happen to like both, and the South has a signifigant celtic background in its roots.
Scotland doesn't even have significant celtic background in its roots let alone the U.S.
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Mr.Penguin

#43
September 07, 2009, 06:43:53 AM
Unless you can make it into a Yosemite Sam costume (the one where Yosemite Sam guards the Mason-Dixie line, as a CS Colonel) would it be inappropriate...
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Caliga

#44
September 07, 2009, 07:21:29 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 07, 2009, 03:02:33 AM
I can see it working, though, if you're black:

There were in fact black Confederate soldiers. :contract:
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