Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has caused a stir again, as is her
wont. Photos taken last year outside of a “tent city” in Tornillo, Texas (that
was temporarily housing migrant children) show her hunched over and “crying”
into her hands. The photos, taken just days before she won her Congressional
race, were obviously carefully staged to show the depth and intensity of her
emotion and compassion. They also showed her dressed in a sharp white outfit
with bright red lipstick and sporting a $600
watch.
Twitterverse denizens have been mocking AOC
for wearing the ensemble during what was supposed to be a protest. Sherlock
Holmes types investigated and found that the watch was a Mavado Museum Classic,
a time piece which sells for $595. “The Boss” was likely trying to look good in
the presence of numerous celebrities who showed up to wallow in press coverage
of the event.
As
Fernando Lamas might say, “It’s much better to look good when you feel bad,
then to look bad when you feel good!” Right?
I think
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez should come out with her own line of clothing and
accessories. Crisis-wear as it were. She could also give advice to aspiring
leftists who aren’t yet sure how to be seen as the immensely sensitive and
caring people they are, while at the same time making certain they are
seen. For example, what blouse says the wearer “is so concerned about others”
while simultaneously making it clear she is a cut above those pathetic rubes in
fly-over country? What pantsuit fairly screams “the rich should pay their fair
share” concurrent with announcing that the person clad in it is doing quite
well, thank you? What do I wear to a “border crisis?” And how does one
accessorize during a drought or famine?
Virtue-signaling
is an art. It’s time we treated it like one. If you want to save the world by
telling others what to do, what to think, and how to feel, you need to dress
the part.
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