Che Guevara: Why Is a Mass-Murdering Racist & Homophobe a Left-Wing Hero?

Imagine wearing a t-shirt…

Or displaying a poster…

Or waving a flag…

Emblazoned with the face of a brutal killer who openly expressed racist anger at blacks and indigenous peoples, and undisguised disgust for gays.

Well, it's not something you have to imagine.

It's done every day.

Somewhere on a college campus or at a "social justice" protest somebody is celebrating a psychopath.

The famous face, of course, belongs to Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

It's one of the most perverse jokes in modern life that so many people, especially young people, extoll him as a hero.

Strange hero.

He personally murdered or had murdered and personally tortured or had tortured thousands of  Cuban citizens. He would have happily murdered and tortured many more if had he lived longer.

The only thing that stopped him was a bullet. He was killed in 1967 at the age of 39, trying to organize a communist revolution in Bolivia.

They say only the good die young. Che was an exception.

But Che still captures the popular imagination.

Why?

Hell, if I know.

Unless you're into sadistic thug worship, I am at a loss.

Maybe it's as simple as this: people don't really know anything about what Che actually did, only what they think he did.

They think he was a handsome, sexy, hip, brainy revolutionary who sought freedom and equality for his people—a Hispanic Robin Hood, a martyr who sacrificed himself for others. 

In short, a tragic symbol of righteous rebellion.

Except, this is nonsense.

The real Che was a murderous, homophobic, racist hypocrite.

Yet Che flags are a feature of Black Lives Matter protests.

Go figure.