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Have you ever worn a Che Guevarra T-shirt?

Do you or have you ever wore a Che Guevarra T-Shirt?


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He does not say he was there when Batista was in power... just that Batista was worse than Castro... there is no time frame.
Does that have to be that explicitly expressed for you to be able to figure out the time frame?

"Nearly overhead of a busy sidewalk in Havana, a steady flow of pedestrian traffic below, and this guy is telling us in no uncertain terms how much better Cuba will be when Fidel and all the revolutionaries die. We were a bit surprised."
"Revolutionaries". Obviously this during the time of the revolution. Who do you suppose it was going to kill 'revolutionary' Fidel, Not 'President' Fidel. Maybe President Batista? And then a little later on in the post another reference to the Cuban revolution appears. - "She spoke of the revolution with great respect and put her hand over her heart when she said 'Che'."
 
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What an ignorant statement, especially one where you clearly have NOT been "sailing with the Captain" much at all. First, I was an ARMY Captain, not a Naval Officer.
Who cares if it was Army or Navy? The point is you are pretty much very 'adverse'.

adverse​

adjective

ad·verse | \ ad-ˈvərs , ˈad-ˌvərs \

Definition of adverse


1: acting against or in a contrary direction : HOSTILEhindered by adverse winds
2a: opposed to one's interestsan adverse verdictheard testimony adverse to their positionespecially : UNFAVORABLEadverse criticism
b: causing harm : HARMFULadverse drug effects
3archaic : opposite in position
Meanwhile:
So you had relatives that were friends with a black man and woman. Kind of like I can't be racist if I have a black friend, or have hung out with a couple of black people socially.
 
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Does that have to be that explicitly expressed for you to be able to figure out the time frame?

"Nearly overhead of a busy sidewalk in Havana, a steady flow of pedestrian traffic below, and this guy is telling us in no uncertain terms how much better Cuba will be when Fidel and all the revolutionaries die. We were a bit surprised."
"Revolutionaries" Obviously this during the time of the revolution. Who do you suppose it was going to kill 'revolutionary' Fidel, Not 'President' Fidel. Maybe President Batista? And then a little later on in the post another reference to the Cuban revolution appears. - "She spoke of the revolution with great respect and put her hand over her heart when she said 'Che'."
What you don't understand is that there is no time frame without it being explicitly expressed...

Please don't make me show you how foolish your understanding of this is with an analogy... lol
 
No Che t-shirt, but had friends from Argentina — refugees from the Dirty War — who loved him.

I still have my husband’s book, History Will Absolve Me, the original Spanish text of Fidel’s speech before his imprisonment for his part in the failed attack on the Moncada. I may still have his Spanish edition of Che’s Motorcycle Diaries. (I read the diaries translated into Italian.)

One thing about marrying an older man — daily history lessons on what I was too young to grasp while growing up.
 
He should of stuck to football and let people who don't make $19-million a year, do the protesting.
Why?

He is an American citizen and has the same rights as everyone else.

If you think wealth makes one more or less of a citizen with rights, then you need to hand in your libertarian card....
 
So you had relatives that were friends with a black man and woman. Kind of like I can't be racist if I have a black friend, or have hung out with a couple of black people socially.

The actual point is I am a Black American male, which you would know if your were "sailing with me" over the years I have been a member of this Forum.

My relatives were not "friends with a black man and woman." My uncle was a member of the Nation of Islam, and a follower of Malcolm X. There are NO "white members" of that organization.

Watt's CA was and likely still is (haven't been there in decades) predominantly Black. My aunt and uncle who lived there were Black, both currently deceased.

The only thing I might agree with you on (although you only probably meant White people) is that ANYONE can be "racist," not just White people.

From now on see my tagline, as you are dismissed.
 
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I once worked with a Cuban guy (Cuban exile family) and one day a Mexican guy wore a Che Guevara thinking nobody would care. It was funny to watch the Cuban guy get angrier and angrier, until finally he told the Mexican that if he didn't cover up the shirt or take it off then he was going to kick his ass. The Mexican guy was a bit shocked by that, and since he wasn't much of tough guy anyway he went to his car and got a jacket and covered it up.

Not sure why people wear Che Guevara, Mao, Hitler, or George Floyd shirts to work? All it does is make somebody pissed off.
 
Che Guevarra is one of those timeless "heroes" that has spanned every generation, class, age and gender since the 1960s.
For 60 years; millions of professors, protestors, political activists, students, celebrities, hippies, moms and dads wore his face.

Undoubtedly.....the most popular Communist of all time!
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I have never worn a T-shirt with anyone's face on it but I am willing to do so for the first time if you have one bearing your portrait Empirica. I could go as high as $7.50. OK, OK seeing as its you $10.00.

I also abhor any garment bearing a slogan. I think them vulgar - though I would not ban them, there is certainly a place for a T carrying the message "This is what an idiot looks like!"
 
Yes, I did wear one. It was during the Vietnam War and I was amused by those who were outraged because Che had been a brutal murderer, but what we were doing to Vietnam was just fine.
 
Bingo!

It was about part revolution, part anti-corporatist, part anti-Military-Industrial-Complex, and all, "Power to the People!".

Not to detract from Captain Adverse's 'X'er t . . .
No "IT" was not about that. That is simply some crap you are making it about.

Che wrote a very interesting book about gorilla war fair. In terms of strategy and insight it was up there with sun tzu, the art of war. Still worth a read if wanting to win a war against a larger based army. Which was on americans minds in the 1960's.

That was about the only good thing to come out of cuba for awhile. The politics was crap and mostly sexist garbage about mens right to rule thinly disguised as communism.
 
No "IT" was not about that. That is simply some crap you are making it about.

Che wrote a very interesting book about gorilla war fair. In terms of strategy and insight it was up there with sun tzu, the art of war. Still worth a read if wanting to win a war against a larger based army. Which was on americans minds in the 1960's.

That was about the only good thing to come out of cuba for awhile. The politics was crap and mostly sexist garbage about mens right to rule thinly disguised as communism.


Perhaps I wasn't clear enough, or perhaps you misunderstood, but there was no need for ad hominem personal attack.

The 'it' I referenced was the motivation for the often counter-culture American youth to have an attraction to him. The ideals I expressed were the American ideals of the youth counter-culture.
 
Che Guevarra is one of those timeless "heroes" that has spanned every generation, class, age and gender since the 1960s.
For 60 years; millions of professors, protestors, political activists, students, celebrities, hippies, moms and dads wore his face.

Undoubtedly.....the most popular Communist of all time!
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I think people wear those largely to be edgy, and provocative. When I was a kid I took pride and not rebelling in a conformist way, so no Che Guevara. As an adult have grown out of that.

Anytime I see someone wearing one of these shirts I asked them why they hate gay people. It's always funny to see the reaction.
 
No. I watched most of the movie, though.
 
Che Guevarra is one of those timeless "heroes" that has spanned every generation, class, age and gender since the 1960s.
For 60 years; millions of professors, protestors, political activists, students, celebrities, hippies, moms and dads wore his face.

Undoubtedly.....the most popular Communist of all time!
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Not into tankies. And idolization of a socialist for capitalist profits is pretty cringe.
 
I don't do political clothing.
I have zero and I mean zero fashion sense so I just stick to plain stuff.

I did use to wear a pair of awesome mirrored wraparound shades as a teenager but that's because I was a total idiot as a teenager.
 
No Che t-shirt, but had friends from Argentina — refugees from the Dirty War — who loved him.

I still have my husband’s book, History Will Absolve Me, the original Spanish text of Fidel’s speech before his imprisonment for his part in the failed attack on the Moncada. I may still have his Spanish edition of Che’s Motorcycle Diaries. (I read the diaries translated into Italian.)

One thing about marrying an older man — daily history lessons on what I was too young to grasp while growing up.

You know, that looks like a great read!

Thanks for referencing it.
 
Who cares if it was Army or Navy? The point is you are pretty much very 'adverse'.

adverse​

adjective

ad·verse | \ ad-ˈvərs , ˈad-ˌvərs \

Definition of adverse


1: acting against or in a contrary direction : HOSTILEhindered by adverse winds
2a: opposed to one's interestsan adverse verdictheard testimony adverse to their positionespecially : UNFAVORABLEadverse criticism
b: causing harm : HARMFULadverse drug effects
3archaic : opposite in position

So you had relatives that were friends with a black man and woman. Kind of like I can't be racist if I have a black friend, or have hung out with a couple of black people socially.
Somebody just got their rump kicked pretty good and now posting definition of words.
FAIL!
 
Che Guevarra is one of those timeless "heroes" that has spanned every generation, class, age and gender since the 1960s.
For 60 years; millions of professors, protestors, political activists, students, celebrities, hippies, moms and dads wore his face.

Undoubtedly.....the most popular Communist of all time!
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Hero is you are a maxist.
 
I don't do political clothing.
I have zero and I mean zero fashion sense so I just stick to plain stuff.

I did use to wear a pair of awesome mirrored wraparound shades as a teenager but that's because I was a total idiot as a teenager.
I dated somebody that wore union jack socks. I thought that was rather endearing.
 
Che Guevarra is one of those timeless "heroes" that has spanned every generation, class, age and gender since the 1960s.
For 60 years; millions of professors, protestors, political activists, students, celebrities, hippies, moms and dads wore his face.

Undoubtedly.....the most popular Communist of all time!
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Personally, I tend to prefer clothing without words or pictures on it.
 
During the depths of my misspent youth & garage-band days, I once wore a a t-shirt that said . . .

"Better Living Through Chemistry"

. . . and it had a . . .

"Rorer 714"

. . . picture stenciled on it.

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Does that count for any credit?
I mostly wore nondescript clothing but I did things I could tell international stories about.
 
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