When uneducated people see Che [Archive]

Manifesto

14th August 2009, 09:54

I do not not why but when I show somebody a picture of Che they somehow get that he is either a Nazi or a caveman:confused:. Has this happened to anybody else?

GPDP

14th August 2009, 10:12

I once saw a guy with a shirt that had Che and Hillary Clinton side by side, with the words "SAME OLD SOCIALISM" on top of them.

Needless to say, I raged hard.

bcbm

14th August 2009, 10:43

I once saw a guy with a shirt that had Che and Hillary Clinton side by side, with the words "SAME OLD SOCIALISM" on top of them.

Needless to say, I raged hard.

I'd wear that.

Raúl Duke

14th August 2009, 15:02

In Puerto Rico, people in general know who Che is and the reactions to a Che T-shirt differ.

Amongst the people in my class of 2008 (and those of 2007) they thought nothing bad about it. They either thought Che was cool or that the T-shirt itself was cool.

However, this is not to say you couldn't find people who hate Che in Puerto Rico...
The difference is if they see you in public wearing it most won't care or bother you about it.

In Miami of course it's a whole different story.

Manifesto

14th August 2009, 15:47

I once saw a guy with a shirt that had Che and Hillary Clinton side by side, with the words "SAME OLD SOCIALISM" on top of them.

Thats.....new. I have never seen somebody call Hilary a Socialist before.

Pogue

14th August 2009, 16:18

Thats.....new. I have never seen somebody call Hilary a Socialist before.

Its all there in the works of Lenin.

LOLseph Stalin

14th August 2009, 21:18

I do not not why but when I show somebody a picture of Che they somehow get that he is either a Nazi or a caveman:confused:. Has this happened to anybody else?

Of course they think he's a Nazi. Nazis and Communists are exactly the same, remember? :rolleyes:

scarletghoul

14th August 2009, 21:22

Nazi caveman, lol.

Искра

14th August 2009, 21:24

People think that Nazis and Bolsheviks are the same. Just to correct you...

GPDP

14th August 2009, 21:34

Thats.....new. I have never seen somebody call Hilary a Socialist before.

Clearly you didn't follow the presidential campaign, or live in a red state like I do.

Manifesto

14th August 2009, 22:06

Clearly you didn't follow the presidential campaign, or live in a red state like I do.
I paid some attention to it but Michigan is a blue state and everybody was too busy calling Obama a Socialist.

Il Medico

15th August 2009, 00:15

A classmate of mine back in high school once asked me (While I was wearing a che shirt) why I would wear a picture of hitler.
I really don't see how you could mistake the two (unless your a complete dumbass, which he was)

http://www.fbuch.com/images/korda_che.jpg

http://www.dailycomedy.com/images/jokes/b/adolf-hitler.jpg

Sorry I don't see the resemblance.

rednordman

15th August 2009, 02:03

Il Medico

15th August 2009, 03:38

If that is a true story than its the most funny story ever. Sorry.
It's true.

*Red*Alert

15th August 2009, 03:42

It's true.
Shows the failure of the education system then.

street sweeper

15th August 2009, 03:56

my friend has a che t shirt and the first time i saw him wear it i said cool che t shirt he said whos che

*Red*Alert

15th August 2009, 04:29

God, at least my friends knew who Che was when I got my "Until Victory Always - Che Guevara" hoody.

LOLseph Stalin

15th August 2009, 08:58

Wanna know what really annoys me? When people wear Che t-shirts without actually knowing who the man was. I hate that he's nothing but a pop culture icon these days.

Il Medico

15th August 2009, 11:24

Wanna know what really annoys me? When people wear Che t-shirts without actually knowing who the man was. I hate that he's nothing but a pop culture icon these days.
Same thing with Bob Marley. A lot of kids in my old high school wore Bob Marley shirts and when I would ask them their favorite song, they stand there a give me a blank look.

rednordman

15th August 2009, 11:55

It's true.Oh well, I guess soon they will teach that in schools. Theres 'the Truth', and 'the Truth'. eh.

Il Medico

15th August 2009, 11:59

Oh well, I guess soon they will teach that in schools. Theres 'the Truth', and 'the Truth'. eh.
What exactly are you trying to say here? There was really a guy named Eric Robbins who I went to school with who thought Che [on my Che shirt] was Hitler. Are you calling me a lair?

rednordman

15th August 2009, 13:20

What exactly are you trying to say here? There was really a guy named Eric Robbins who I went to school with who thought Che [on my Che shirt] was Hitler. Are you calling me a lair?No not at all. I was referring more to the Education systems in the Europe and USA trying to make out that communism and fascism is the same thing. When kids get taught stuff like that, I can actually understand how someone may mistake che for a nazi. The comment didnt really have anything to do with your mate. Sorry I should have made myself clearer then.

Manifesto

15th August 2009, 21:36

What's really weird is that one of the few kids in my school that knew who Che was, he gets the worst grades and the people that get good grades have no idea who he is.

15th August 2009, 21:47

What's really weird is that one of the few kids in my school that knew who Che was, he gets the worst grades and the people that get good grades have no idea who he is.

Why is that weird? I had almost the worst grades in my class, years now.I just dont find school subjects interesting.

Manifesto

15th August 2009, 21:55

Why is that weird? I had almost the worst grades in my class, years now.I just dont find school subjects interesting.
Well nobody finds school interesting but he really does not know that much at all.

15th August 2009, 21:59

Well nobody finds school interesting but he really does not know that much at all.

The point is, school grades are not a measure for comparison!

rednordman

15th August 2009, 22:03

All school is nowadays is just a breeding ground for reactionaries. The people who can see this and are alarmed, usually end up hating the rightwing (that is regardless of 'intelligence').

Plagueround

15th August 2009, 22:10

Most people I know think he's the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine. :(

NecroCommie

15th August 2009, 22:17

Such ignorance of biblical proportions should be punishable by law. :mad:

Il Medico

15th August 2009, 23:01

The Education system here in Florida is an epic failure all the way around. In 11th grade in my American history HONORS class, on the Civil War test, half of my class picked the answer 'Jefferson Davis' to the question "Who was president of the UNION during the Civil war?"
I just had to do this:
http://seiryuulostmymusic.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/facepalm.jpg

RHIZOMES

16th August 2009, 00:42

What's really weird is that one of the few kids in my school that knew who Che was, he gets the worst grades and the people that get good grades have no idea who he is.

Because those people see getting good grades at high school level as an essential ingredient in them getting a good cosy professional job when they grow up, away from all the dirty proles. Getting good grades is all about working hard and nothing to do with actual intelligence. At my school the biggest tools were the ones with the highest grades. The sole person I know from my high school who later got involved in left politics (And is doing very well at University) was someone who stayed in high school after senior year because he did so bad.

Colonello Buendia

16th August 2009, 00:47

Shows the failure of the education system then.
I personally blame Obama's socialist reforms

OneNamedNameLess

16th August 2009, 00:56

I personally blame Obama's socialist reforms

:lol:

I wish I could rep you for that.

Manifesto

17th August 2009, 00:12

The point is, school grades are not a measure for comparison!
I know that, I do bad in school. But this guy cannot easily be described over a computer.