Che Guevara.......douchebagI have always found it annoying and pathetic when dumb hipster wanna be kids wear a Che shirt.
Especially since most of them dont know anything about him or what evils he perpetrated.
Apparently I am not the only one who find it annoying.
Here is an interesting commentary article I found on CNN by Glenn Beck
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/17/beck.che.guevara/index.html
- The Colombian Army infiltrated highest level of terror group to free 15 hostages
- Uniform of choice when fooling terrorists in Colombia is Che Guevara T-shirt
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What T-shirt should you wear when you need to blend in with terrorists? Incredibly, we have an answer to that question.
Robin Meade conducted an exclusive interview that aired this past
weekend on Headline News with Thomas Howes, Keith Stansell and Marc
Gonsalves, three of the 15 now-former captives of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia. It is a leftist terror group that has
specialized in kidnapping during its war with the Colombian state and
capitalism in general. After their plane crashed, the captives
spent five torturous years hoping to see their families again, at times
being locked in boxes at night around rats, pigs and bats. Sometimes
they had weights chained around their neck and were led around at
gunpoint with a dog leash. Upon finally escaping, Keith Stansell emotionally described the moment he laid eyes on his 5-year-old twins for the first time.
It took a rescue by the Colombian Army to reunite them with freedom and
probably save their lives. The army posed as terrorists, persuading
FARC to turn the prisoners over to them, saving 15 innocent victims of
the brutal terrorism that has ripped Colombia apart for years. But how did this happen? How did FARC get fooled?
Colombian Army members infiltrated the highest levels of the
organization, telling FARC they were going to take the hostages to meet
an "international mission." They landed in a helicopter and spent 22
minutes on the ground collecting the captives and speaking in code to
one another before taking off and letting the victims (who included a
former Colombian presidential candidate) know that they were safe. So, what is the uniform of choice when fooling terrorists in Colombia? Sure, there's plenty of talk of one intelligence team member, nervous
about the mission, who wore a Red Cross symbol against orders. But
other accounts confirm the use of something you can probably pick up at
any mall: a Che Guevara T-shirt.
That's right, the same T-shirts you see Hollywood celebrities,
starving pseudo-artists and confused hipster teens wearing around local
coffee shops. To all those who decide that you want to be coffee house
communist-chic, remember this: When you are wearing a Che T-shirt,
you're wearing the same shirt that makes terrorists believe you're just
one of the gang. I hope that latte is tasty. How Che became such
a revered superhero of the hard-core left is laughable. First of all,
he wasn't even a good revolutionary. He failed in his attempt at world
revolution almost as badly as communism has failed in the places it was
actually tried. "This is a history of a failure" is how he
himself described his efforts in the Congo. He was killed in Bolivia,
trying to fire up another failure of a war. Earlier, he even managed to
drop his gun and shoot himself in the face. But more important
than his incompetence is the fact that the man was a mass killer.
Hundreds were reportedly executed on his watch, and that doesn't
include the deaths incurred in the wars he was constantly trying to
start. He described his maniacal lust for war in his writings, saying
he savored "the acrid smell of gunpowder and blood of the enemy's
death." How this guy is a hero to the anti-war crowd is truly
perplexing. I should also point out what seemingly gets
eliminated from the Hollywood movies attempting to glorify him: his
bouts with racism. When describing the differences in the strife
between "Europeans" and "the black," the supposedly progressive-minded
Che wrote, "their different attitudes of life separate them completely:
the black is indolent and fanciful, he spends his money on frivolity
and drink; the European comes from a tradition of working and saving
which follows him to this corner of America and drives him to get
ahead." Ohhhhh, so the "European" is a hard worker while "the black" is a fanciful drunk. Now I understand the difference.
I wonder if that quote would inspire the volunteer office of Barack
Obama's Houston supporters to remove their Che flag. After it was
spotted on the wall in a local news video, Obama's campaign, far from a
haven for right-wing nut jobs, went out of its way to make sure
everyone knew that it had nothing to do with the flag and didn't
approve of its use. If Che were such a hero, why would that be
necessary? Revisionist history's fusion with fashion sense isn't
exactly new, but its popularity seems to be growing. When actress
Cameron Diaz showed up in Peru, she thought she had a trendy bag that
might garner some jealous stares. People were staring, sure, but for
all the wrong reasons. The bag, purchased in China, featured a
red star and the words "Serve the people" on it. The problem? That was
Mao Zedong's most famous political slogan, and it stirred up memories
of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency, which, according to the BBC, was
responsible for 70,000 deaths in Peru during the '80s and '90s. Diaz
apologized later for "inadvertently" offending anyone.
It's
been five years since the story of convicted abortion clinic bomber and
Olympic park bomber Eric Rudolph led the news. As he was evading police
capture for months, stories of townspeople donning "Run Rudolph Run"
bumper stickers were correctly greeted with horrified disdain.
With the exception of the fact that Che killed a lot more people,
what's the difference? You shouldn't be wearing an "I heart abortion
clinic bombers" T-shirt, and if you have any respect for humanity, you
shouldn't be wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt, either. Perhaps I
should cash in on a Che T-shirt featuring his clichéd image too. Except
this time, instead of glorifying him, it could specifically be designed
to point out his pathetic and brutal legacy. Honestly, though,
I'm afraid I'd be sued. The communist revolutionary who dedicated his
life to fight capitalism has now become nothing more than a piece of
merchandise. Lesson learned: In the end, capitalism always wins. When your only option is a Che shirt, maybe it's just better to go topless.
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Agreed.
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