Cultural Appropriation, or Why hipster headdresses are degrading to Native peoples

A girl blogged about wanting to wear "native" inspired headdresses, warbonnets and war paint, like Ke$ha does, and asked if it was a good idea. I replied that it was a bad idea, as it was cultural appropriation of native people's sacred items. She keeps deleting replies then accusing people of not answering her rebuttal. Well then.

Luckily, another blogger screencapped the comments to her Tumblr. In the interest of my comments not getting lost, I'll repost my replies here, so they don't mysteriously vanish again, leaving her without an answer. y/y?

The blogs I reference in my responses are:

http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/2010/04/but-why-cant-i-wear-hipster-headdress.html

On hipsters/hippies and Native culture

http://www.racialicious.com/2010/04/22/some-basic-racist-ideas-and-some-rebuttals-why-we-exist/

Ke$ha and the ongoing cultural appropriation and sexualization of Native women

http://mycultureisnotatrend.tumblr.com

"All of these cases romanticize Indianness, blur separate traditions (as well as the real and the fake), and some disregard Indian spirituality.  They all happily forget that, before white America decided that American Indians were cool, some whites did their absolute best to kill and sequester them.  And the U.S. government is still involved in oppressing these groups today.

So, no, it’s not cute to wear a feather in your hair or carry an Indian rug clutch, it’s thoughtless and insensitive." FEATHERS AND FASHION: NATIVE AMERICAN IS IN STYLE

I suggest if you're confused about this issue, please read those first.

Then someone on Buzznet staff deleted the following from the comment section on my (this) blog, with no explanation or contact with me whatsoever.

Someone has suggested they possibly did so to "quell dissent", which if so, is interesting that they chose to silence someone speaking out against racism, instead of the person offensively trying to defend racism. Would they act similarly to protect someone posting how awesome blackface is and how they plan to put together an awesome black person outfit as a fashion choice, by deleting comments of people pointing out that that's A VERY BAD IDEA? And if so, is appropriation of some native/indigenous cultures more socially acceptable than others?

The OP of the other blog this issue was raised on has refused to discuss the issue of cultural appropriation of native headdresses etc except by demanding comparison to OTHER potential examples of inappropriate and damaging cultural appropriations. However, she then deleted all responses to her so-called rebuttals. I reposted them HERE so they couldn't be erased. Apparently, someone at Buzznet may also similarly believe that erasing opinions causes "dissent" (read: offense) to cease to exist. In the context of a discussion on racism in fashion, this is highly inappropriate and unacceptable, and casts a great deal of doubt on the motivations of the staff member who did this.