Che Guevara

[MC Just]

Why do some people worship this man? Do they really believe his communist guerilla warfare garbage was going to solve anything? I really dont understand many people now a days, there are people who are trying to start revolutions all over the world, what do they have in common? "communism and violence". They really think these are going to solve problems. The world really doesnt learn from its mistakes.

[Theoketos]

[img]http://www.thoseshirts.com/images/square-large-lousy.jpg[/img]

[Era Might]

Revolutionaries are as old as the sun. How many Jews thought Christ was another revolutionary come to overthrow the Romans?

[Mateo el Feo]

I think one of the reasons he can be worshipped is because he spent his time fighting as a little guy against "the powers that be." No one remembers his time as an official of the Cuban governments. I think that helps distance him from the human rights abuses of Communist Cuba against any perceived enemy of the state (not to mention the failure of Communism as an economic system).

[MC Just]

on myspace and other places I see people with che guevara t-shirts and flags..Many people who call themselves Catholic. There are even some rappers who are starting revolutions with their music, preaching like che guevara, violence and communism..its quite scary.

[rkwright]

I agree, why is Che so popular and yet not his long time friend and fellow revolutionary, Castro?? Those guys were side by side in Cuba... I've never seen a Fidel shirt.

[Socrates]

[quote name='rkwright' post='1011774' date='Jun 24 2006, 08:11 PM']
I agree, why is Che so popular and yet not his long time friend and fellow revolutionary, Castro?? Those guys were side by side in Cuba... I've never seen a Fidel shirt.
[/quote]
The current cult of Che Guevera completely disgusts me.
Che died young and thus became a romanticized figure, a "martyr for the cause."

Castro, the Communist dictator, however, shows the reality of what the revolutionaries were fighting for.
The worship of the Communist Che is an insult to the many Cubans (most Catholic) living in the U.S., having fled the evils of Castro's godless totalitarian regime, waiting to return to their homeland when Castro's reign is ended. I know some of them.

I think all of the trendy young Leftists sporting Che Guevera t-shirts and the like ought to be permanently deported to Castro's "Socialist Paradise."

Edited June 25, 2006 by Socrates

[Era Might]

...along with trendy rightists who wear these...

[img]http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1272/1330/1600/nukeiran.jpg[/img]

Seriously, though, I think more often than not it's less a political statement and just an attempt to have a unique, hard edged t-shirt; the same way it's "cool" to have a poster of Scarface.

[img]http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgpp30092.jpg[/img]

Edited June 25, 2006 by Era Might

[Socrates]

[quote name='Era Might' post='1011793' date='Jun 24 2006, 09:03 PM']

Seriously, though, I think more often than not it's less a political statement and just an attempt to have a unique, hard edged t-shirt; the same way it's "cool" to have a poster of Scarface.
[/quote]
yeah, real unique - so you can look just like every other mindless Commie-wannabe sheep in college campuses and coffee shops across the country.

Edited June 25, 2006 by Socrates

[rkwright]

Nuke Iran T-Shirts!

So wrong but somehow I found myself laughing at that one... I've never seen that before!

[kujo]

As far as political t-shirts go, this has to be my favorite:
[img]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8387/a87qs.th.jpg[/img]

And I actually own this one:
[img]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3729/a31yn.th.jpg[/img]

Both of these came from [url="http://www.rightwingclothing.com"]www.rightwingclothing.com[/url]

Edited June 25, 2006 by kujo

[Nathan]

[quote name='Era Might' post='1011793' date='Jun 24 2006, 09:03 PM']Seriously, though, I think more often than not it's less a political statement and just an attempt to have a unique, hard edged t-shirt; the same way it's "cool" to have a poster of Scarface.

[img]http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgpp30092.jpg[/img]
[/quote]

Actually, it [i]is[/i] cool to have a poster of Scarface. That movie is the bomb!

But yeah, you're right. Most people walking around with Che T-shirts probably know very little about the man and are just trying to be cool.

[MC Just]

[quote name='kujo' post='1011811' date='Jun 24 2006, 10:44 PM']
As far as political t-shirts go, this has to be my favorite:
[img]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8387/a87qs.th.jpg[/img]

And I actually own this one:
[img]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3729/a31yn.th.jpg[/img]

Both of these came from [url="http://www.rightwingclothing.com"]www.rightwingclothing.com[/url]
[/quote]

i love those!!! ROTFL!!!

[Era Might]

[quote name='Nathan' post='1011857' date='Jun 25 2006, 07:14 AM']Actually, it [i]is[/i] cool to have a poster of Scarface. That movie is the bomb![/quote]
I used to have one.

[homeschoolmom]

a bomb?

[rkwright]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1011883' date='Jun 25 2006, 08:54 AM']
a bomb?
[/quote]

ohhh HSMom you make my day

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

I have seen Reagan shirts that parody the Che shirts. I may have even seen a Pope John Paul II one...
[img]http://amadeo.blog.com/repository/14108/18027.jpg[/img]

Edited June 25, 2006 by thedude

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='kujo' post='1011811' date='Jun 24 2006, 08:44 PM']
As far as political t-shirts go, this has to be my favorite:
[img]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8387/a87qs.th.jpg[/img]

And I actually own this one:
[img]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3729/a31yn.th.jpg[/img]

Both of these came from [url="http://www.rightwingclothing.com"]www.rightwingclothing.com[/url]
[/quote]
I wish the Row women's shirt was more of a pro-Wade statement rather than just a Right wing clothing statement.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Socrates' post='1011786' date='Jun 24 2006, 09:48 PM']
The current cult of Che Guevera completely disgusts me.
Che died young and thus became a romanticized figure, a "martyr for the cause."

Castro, the Communist dictator, however, shows the reality of what the revolutionaries were fighting for.
The worship of the Communist Che is an insult to the many Cubans (most Catholic) living in the U.S., having fled the evils of Castro's godless totalitarian regime, waiting to return to their homeland when Castro's reign is ended. I know some of them.

I think all of the trendy young Leftists sporting Che Guevera t-shirts and the like ought to be permanently deported to Castro's "Socialist Paradise."
[/quote]
I really wish these people understood what socialism and communism actually mean!

[p0lar_bear]

This was given to me by a friend of mine. I thought you would enjoy it.

NB: This was written as a joke. She is not serious.



[b]My Hero “Che”[/b]
By Suzanne [Not Giving Her Last Name]

Che was a revolutionary whose life was cut tragically short by a repressive regime in Bolivia. He had very good ideas because he read Aristotle, Marx, and Keats. To an unstudied capitalist outsider, there are no similarities between Che’s ideas and “Ode on a Grecian Urn” but I say there many.

For one, in Cuba, revolutionaries chased women. That is something depicted on the urn in the phrase, “What mad pursuit.” Another thing, Communism is very poetic. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem. Finally, Che could quote poetry. Satre called Che, whose real name was Ernesto, “the most complete human being of our age.”

Many people do not realize how hard Che had to work during his short life. But because his life was short, he had to work extra hard to get in all the stuff he wanted to do before he died. And to make matters worse, he had chronic asthma.

Che was friends with Fidel Castro. There are picture of them smoking fine Cuban cigars together and talking. Their friends say that the two of them would talk for hours about classic literature and quote poems to one another. They were not gay. They just liked poetry.

Che’s friends say that he was responsible for teaching Castro about Marx’s ideal society—a society where everyone is equal, though some are more equal than others (like Che and Castro because they are visionaries).

In a society where everyone is equal, things are very good. Take Cuba for example. In Cuba divorce is very easy. The divorce rate is 75%. This is a good thing because people are not trapped in horrible marriages. The abortion rate is also very high. Most women in Cuba have, on average, 4 abortions in their lifetime. Again, this is good social policy since that means there will be less poverty. However, poverty is nonexistent in Cuba since in a socialist government, everyone shares everything equally.

Che is my hero. It was unjust that he was assassinated by execution in 1967. Because he died in 1967, he was never able to shop at Abercrombie or drink a Starbucks Latte, which I believe he would have enjoyed. If Che were alive today, I would invite him to visit me in Amerikka so he could see all the horrible effects of capitalism. I believe that I am also a visionary and that Che and I would be good friends.

In closing I would like to say that Microsoft Word, controlled by capitalist pig Bill Gates, does not recognize the word “Che.” I think that speaks directly to the main point of my paper.

Edited June 27, 2006 by p0lar_bear