(hat-tip Daimnation) Here is Arthur Chrenkoff's take on Prince Harry:
Imagine if prince Harry came dressed up in a fur coat with a hammer and sickle armband. No one would bat an eyelid, a few people might chuckle and comment how cute he looks, and the only reason why the story would make it into the media would be if PETA protested the prince wearing fur. Imagine for that matter if Harry wore a Che Guevara or a Mao t-shirt. As John Lennon said, it's easy if you try.
In our twisted moral universe, wearing the insignia of one mass-murdering political system is (rightly) considered a taboo, while wearing the insignia of another mass-murdering political system is considered quite cool...Why this totalitarian dichotomy? Because our popular culture and public discourse is shaped to such a large extent by people who were wrong on (or at best, indifferent to) the most important political and moral question of the twentieth century and it would kill them to admit they were wrong. Plus, if you admit that Soviet (or Chinese) communism was evil, what does it say about your own loathing of the West, capitalism and your own society?
However, if you are charming Canadian wearing Nazi clothing is just a footnote in becoming Prime Minister...just ask PM Pierre Trudeau
Somehow the jingos missed Pierre Elliott Trudeau wearing a German helmet and riding around Montreal on a motorcycle. Nor did they know about the emotional rallies of la jeunesse canadienne-française led by Andre Laurendeau. Surprisingly, Laurendeau and Trudeau hated conscription more than they hated the fascism of Hitler.
