The fact that there is this personality cult around the memory of Che Guevara certainly shows that leftists don't mind the tactics used by Hitler or Stalin, so long as it is done in support of what they want.
The truth is that Che Guevara was no better than the men he replaced. Che Guevara was assigned the role of "supreme prosecutor", overseeing the public show trials and executions of hundreds of military and civilian leaders associated with the previous government. And here is the best part....he founded Cuba's labor camps. Or perhaps a better word for them would be gulags, since he styled them after the Soviet prison camps. Gays, AIDS patients, and political dissidents, these are only a few examples of the kinds of people that would end up in Che's forced labor camps. Che Guevara was absolutely opposed to freedom and liberty. He merely wanted an authoritarian regime that matched his personal beliefs. Human rights were obviously not a priority.
In many ways its hilarious that he has become a pop culture icon. Its ironic that corporations that use child labor are making millions off of selling t-shirts of Che and every other trinket they can think up. Its absolutely fitting for his memory.
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