{"id":2783,"date":"2007-06-25T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/diaz-pleads-ignorance.html"},"modified":"2007-06-25T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T10:08:00","slug":"diaz-pleads-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/diaz-pleads-ignorance.html","title":{"rendered":"Diaz pleads ignorance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because to her a Marxist bag is just a fashion accessory<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I sincerely apologise to anyone I may have inadvertently offended,” Diaz said in a statement. “The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realise the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it<\/span>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the problem with wearing Marxist clothes and accessories as a fashion statement, unless you understand what the history behind the symbols you run the risk of committing a faux pas when you run into those who have lived through the devastation of a communist dictatorship.
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Because to her a Marxist bag is just a fashion accessory: “I sincerely apologise to anyone I may have inadvertently offended,” Diaz said in a statement. “The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realise the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it.” This is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,111],"class_list":["post-2783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun","tag-celebrities","tag-culture"],"yoast_head":"\nDiaz pleads ignorance - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/diaz-pleads-ignorance.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diaz pleads ignorance - 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