Charles Manson - The Elvis Presley of Chaos (World Headpress)

Turn a crucifix upside down and it becomes a symbol of wickedness. Put Charles Manson on the cover of Life magazine and Evil has a face. Front cover, Life magazine, December 19, 1969. Cut the face up, print it on a tee-shirt, wear it on a lapel. Long since has that piercing, wild-eyed stare transcended not only the Manson Family and the Tate/LaBianca murders, but also Manson himself.

The face of Charles Manson - this one - has become a cultural short-hand, an abbreviation for everything mad, bad, anti - and evil. Cut the face up, print it on a tee-shirt, wear it on a lapel, here is the Elvis Presley of chaos. Images courtesy Tom Brinkmann.

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[cuntrytrash]

@cuntrytrash St. Peter, rather.

[cuntrytrash]

The upside down crucifix is actually a sign of RESPECT to Jesus Christ as St. Paul did not feel he was worthy of being crucified as Christ was, so opted to be hanged upside down out of respect.

[ebonics4everyone]

Love the title of the video and the fuzzy man within.