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Che Guevara was not a hero, do some research!
16 years ago
Every time I see someone sporting a Che T-shirt or hat or whatever, I'll automatically give out a big eyeroll. It really annoys me seeing how ignorant some people will think he's cool just because they see him everywhere and that he had a pretty face without knowing more about him than that.
Some will think that he was a fair man who cared for everyone by the way he was portrayed in the South American film The Motorcycle Diaries a few years back but in the later part of his life in reality, he was everything but.
Many musicians sport T-shirts of the man, but Che was very hostile to artists and musicians in Cuba, only allowing select government approved records.
During the Cuban Revolution, he was known as The Butcher of La Cabaña (a prison where he executed scores by firing squad without giving them a right to a trial). He was Fidel Castro's primary executioner. Countless men, women and children were victims to executions that his regime was responsible for carrying out. Every photograph in this photo montage of Che's face was a victim of him and his brutal regime : http://www.therealcuba.com/YAFChePoster.jpg
Oh, and when Che was executed, he was wearing a Rolex. Hypocrisy, anyone?
I don't see anyone wearing a Charles Manson or a Mussolini T-shirt so just ditch the Che Guevara gear please.
More information here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPl9Go3hHDI
Some will think that he was a fair man who cared for everyone by the way he was portrayed in the South American film The Motorcycle Diaries a few years back but in the later part of his life in reality, he was everything but.
Many musicians sport T-shirts of the man, but Che was very hostile to artists and musicians in Cuba, only allowing select government approved records.
During the Cuban Revolution, he was known as The Butcher of La Cabaña (a prison where he executed scores by firing squad without giving them a right to a trial). He was Fidel Castro's primary executioner. Countless men, women and children were victims to executions that his regime was responsible for carrying out. Every photograph in this photo montage of Che's face was a victim of him and his brutal regime : http://www.therealcuba.com/YAFChePoster.jpg
Oh, and when Che was executed, he was wearing a Rolex. Hypocrisy, anyone?
I don't see anyone wearing a Charles Manson or a Mussolini T-shirt so just ditch the Che Guevara gear please.
More information here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPl9Go3hHDI
