if che guevara was such a bad person...why do people wear shirts with his face on them??

Question

i have seen shirts and a lot of postars with his face and i don't understand.che killed thousands why are people wearing his face on their shirts


i really dont have a problem with it i just dont understand someone explain please thanks!!

Answer 1

Because Che Guevara was the poster-boy for communist revolution. With his dashin good looks and intense 1000-yard stare, he was the shining emblem of revolution. Today, he is still regarded as more of a symbol for revolution than actual communism, though communists are certainly not shy about using his visage.

It is unfortunate, as you said, because he was little more than a petty thug. More than his cruelty, megalomania or even his epic stupidity, what most distinguished Ernesto "Che" Guevara from his peers was his sniveling cowardice. His groupies can run off in a huff, slam their bedroom door and dive headfirst into their beds sobbing and kicking and punching the pillows all they want, but Che surrendered to the Bolivian Rangers voluntarily, from a safe distance, and was captured physically sound and with a fully loaded pistol.

One day before his death in Bolivia, Che Guevara for the first time in his life finally faced something properly describable as combat. So he ordered his guerrilla charges to give no quarter, to fight to the last breath and to the last bullet.

A few hours later, his "untamable defiance," lack of hypocrisy and "walking of the walk" all manifested themselves. With his men doing just what he ordered (fighting and dying to the last bullet), a slightly wounded Che snuck away from the firefight and surrendered with a full clip in his pistol, while whimpering to his captors: "Don't Shoot! I'm Che! I'm worth more to you alive than dead!"

His Bolivian captors begged to differ.

Why do people wear T-shirts with his visage on them? It's trendy, that's why. For the same reason no one seems to mind the KGB bar in New York City. Imagine someone trying to open a Waffen SS bar! Communism is seen by some as cool and trendy, and they typically ignore the ugly realities of communism; the tyranny, the executions, the mass murderings.

Answer 2

Che Guevara is revered among some circles because he was a symbol of the counterculture. He even "bucked" the authority of Castro to the point where he was unofficially banned from entering Cuba for some time. After leaving Cuba, he attempted to become a "professional" revolutionary, and his efforts met with almost universal failure. Despite his failures, however, many still view Guevara as the ultimate rebel. He never really was in thrall to any government anywhere, and was constantly attempting to undermine existing governments. This may be why his caricature is still idolized. Unfortunately, many of the people who wear shirts with his face on them are blissfully ignorant of the fact that he ruthlessly murdered dozens of people and carried out numerous executions personally.

Answer 3

Che Guevara was a communist. He had good reason to be a communist because he saw how American Imperialism had damaged his own country, Argentina. In Cuba, Battista, the dictator before Castro, allowed the American Mafia to run the Capital. Women were thrust into prostitution, and other vices grew to be commonplace. Castro actually asked the US for help first, before he turned to Communism. El Che (meaning hey you!) could have been a physician, but he chose to stand up for poor people. He was killed by the CIA in Bolivia. He was wearing a disguise when caprured, but was recognized. He complained to a CIA agent, ordered to kill him, that he wished he could have been killed while fighting. That agent actually respected him and cried at his death. A drunken Bolivian soldier was allowed into his jail cell and shot him in the heart.
I think his life story is inspiring. It is to the shame of the US that they support large corporate interests in South and Central America, instead of the country's people's right to govern themselves and enjoy the economic fruits of their own countries. Do we represent democracy? It seems not.
Most people blindly oppose Communism, without considering that that form of government is sometimes better that a dictatorial government imposed from the outside.

Answer 4

He got rid of Batista and returned land to the peasants. He treated prisoners of war well. He was trying to overthrow Batista's reviled government, which he eventually did, and was rewarded by Rodriquez with torture and a death sentence.

Answer 5

For the simple fact that not everyone thinks he's done anything wrong. I don't know anything about what he's done or not done, but that seems to be the most logical explanation.