10 Che Guevara quotes the left would rather not talk about

Next time your kid comes home in a Che Guevara T-shirt, ask him if he knows what the Cuban murderer of Cubans actually stood for. Sit him down, strip the gauze of ignorance from his eyes and have him read these Guevara quotes.

Then burn the damn T-shirt.

1. “Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any enemy that falls in my hands! My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood. With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!”

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The only good Che Guevara is a dead Che Guevara

2. “Blind hate against the enemy creates a forceful impulse that cracks the boundaries of natural human limitations, transforming the soldier in an effective, selective and cold killing machine. A people without hate cannot triumph against the adversary.”

3. “To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary … These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution!”

4. “A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. We must create the pedagogy of the The Wall!” The Wall is a reference to the wall where Che’s enemies stood before his firing squads.

5. “I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ … I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don’t get nailed to a cross or any other place.”

6. “If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.”

7. Che wanted the result of the Cuban missile crisis to be an atomic war. “What we affirm is that we must proceed along the path of liberation even if this costs millions of atomic victims.”

8. “In fact, if Christ himself stood in my way, I, like Nietzsche, would not hesitate to squish him like a worm.”

9. “Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.”

10. “It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.”

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This post was last modified on January 7, 2013

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  • (We have another "winner." - Ed.)
    Hi Editor,
    You must be ashamed of your thoughts and ideas. Che is a symbol of hope, love and rebellion. Rebellion against the ruthless imperialists and colonialists. He never murdered but killed those who invaded his people and the land. You must be against US president, pentagon and NATO who have murdered and ared murdering innocent people across the world. You cannot control the media, the world and thoughts of the people. Your arguments against Che are pathetic and cannot convince even a child. For your information google the net and you will find hundreds and thousands of pages Che. You with no chrisma, empty head which is full of hatred against humanity and your little mouth cannot help in stopping the world to praise Che. And for your information his pictures are in more circulation than Christ. Even the imperialists market houses like Google and Amazon are marketing his pictures, songs and quotes. Long live Che and down with imperialist prejudice and hatred
    With no Regards,
    Abid Jan

  • Anyone who says that it's bad to be a killing machine has obviously never been in the military. To hold up the image of a violent killer as an ideal to strive towards is the mentality of a solider. And I guarantee you, American soldiers are no exception to this rule.

  • This was pretty inspirational actually, thanks man. I see you hate Che, he hated your capitalist guts too and if he were alive today, he would personally make sure you would never slander him again. You can't fathom the kind of man he was, compared to you, a fucking mindless rat, he was a God. You judge him because he killed bad men? America murders children, always have and always will. At least he did it for a good reason, you capitalist pigs do it for money. He may be dead, but he lives on, you won’t.

    • You clearly have mental problems. Che was a coward and a psychopath. Tslk to Cubans who were all excited about the Revolucion until the government clamped down on food, jobs, production of goods, education and started killing the beneficiaries of the Revolucion. Che had already started slaughtering poor people in South Amrica. He died an ignominous death. More than he deserved.

    • Sorry asshole, if I met Che today, he would be the one with the gun in his mouth, and he would be crying like the pussy he was, begging for his life to be spared, just like he did when he died.

      • I would be insecure to if i was some redneck inbred, going up against a man who was physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. You amuse me, made my fucking day hick LMFAO<<<

      • Hahahahahahahaha! Yeah, you against Che, he would beat you down just with a stare, you ain't shit pussy; talk shit like a keyboard warrior that you are. If you actually read shit right, you would know to shut your fucking mouth. This is from wikipedia, just for you coward. Despite his haggard appearance, he recounts that "Che held his head high, looked everyone straight in the eyes and asked only for something to smoke." De Guzman states that he "took pity" and gave him a small bag of tobacco for his pipe, and that Guevara then smiled and thanked him.[201] Later on the night of October 8, Guevara—despite having his hands tied—kicked a Bolivian officer, Espinosa, into the wall after the officer entered the schoolhouse and tried to snatch Guevara's pipe from his mouth as a souvenir while he was still smoking it.[202] In another instance of defiance, Guevara literally spat in the face of Bolivian Rear Admiral Ugarteche who attempted to question Guevara a few hours before his execution.[202]

        • So, you believe all the bullshit that is written in wikipedia? It is written by retards like you. Go fuck yourself turd.

          • Where do you get your sources inbred? LOL. You lose bitch, go back to being a hick and make sure you die a horrible and painful death haha. The media sucks? Fucking stupid redneck, isn't that your source for information? LMAO. Easy to manipulate that little brain of yours, huh? Hahahahahahahahahaha. Pathetic bitch!

          • Perfect example of a low information voter. Assumes that someone that disagrees with him is an inbred redneck. Funny thing is that you can give no specifics to debate, your entire posting history is comprised of ad-hominem attacks and contains nothing intellectual. Go back to reading the KOS and Media Matters. Tell all your friends there that you failed here.

      • I thought GoldBrick Boy was crying about this being deleted, he can't even get that right? And this capitalist pig salutes the troll (it can use it's wonderful imagination to figure out how)

        • Troll? Okay, Charlie Sheen lol. What are you, a warlock??? LMAO. I salute you too (use your imagination and figure out what finger im sticking out) bitch! HAHA.

  • haha. oh these quotes and things about Ché, and others like him, by people who make others out to be so bad need only look at the US history, things we've done, quotes we've had. Ché's are no worse than Gen Pershing in the Philippines in 1912, "Just before World War I, there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines, by Muslim extremists. General Pershing captured 50 terrorists, and had them tied to posts for execution. He had his is men slaughter two pigs, in front of the horrified terrorists. The soldiers soaked their bullets in the pig's blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad. The soldiers dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorist's bodies, and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc."

    NO MAN, NATION, OR PEOPLE IS INNOCENT OR BEYOND REPROACH!

        • True. Some people just don't understand that the answer to asocial violence is the willingness and ability to put an end to it in terms they can understand.

          The onlookers can either be shocked enough to stop, or we can continue until they are out of the gene pool.

  • When the first two line start off by stating something that's not true.. Then automatically it makes the article unreadable the "Cuban murderer" wasn't Cuban.. I refuse to continue reading when I already know it was written by someone who doesn't even know that bit of history..

    • OK, after two years of Marxist morons glomming onto that poorly-worded opening sentence, I've finally decided to make a one word change that eliminates their idiotic argument.

      • It's a damned shame that leftists aren't smart enough to figure out what it meant.
        Too eager to find an excuse to scream about how wrong we are.

      • Glad to see your sense of humor is in fine shape still.

        Just wondering, did you and Mrs. Editor make the move or still in the prep stage?

        • Nice of you to ask. We still haven't sold our house in California and we figure it could take a while. We're still looking for the perfect place to relocate. Fort Collins, Colorado is currently at the top of the list, but we're going to check out Austin, Texas (love the fact that there are no state taxes) and Nashville, Tennessee. If anyone would like to suggest any other places, we'd love to hear your ideas.

          • Be careful about TN, tornado alley.
            Austin is nice if you can deal with the raving libtards.
            Same for most of CO.
            I love the West Coast of FL, but there are hurricanes to worry about.
            I guess it mostly depends on job concerns, climate desires, and if you want a beach or mountain setting.

          • Keep Austin weird. If you don't mind the burnt orange hanging everywhere, Austin can be a great place to live. Moderate weather, low cost of living (compared to California), restaurants, clubs, SXSW annually, parks, museums and Top notch Basktball with the Spurs only an hour or so away.

  • [quote] I’m happy you do, but I got Republicans to fight against lol.[/quote]

    Believe me it shows how much of a republican you are, your ignorance is beyond me!!! Cuba can run circles around you guys in many fields. specially with what you are are pushing aside, "SOCIAL ISSUES", like education, Health, making sure that every resources are somehow equally distributed... can you say the same in you now crashing economy? All the Cubans that you say died. were all the Cubans that supported the USA imperialism to take over Cuba.. if you ask me CHE rocks, just for kicking you fuckers out!. You talk so much crap, being the fact that your country is own by Israel ... muahahahah!!!!!

  • uh oh an other 'well informed arguement' followed by abuse. Well thought off, i am so convinced by your reason...

    • You put forth the argument. I called bullshit. I see no response from you stating how killing Cubans is saving Argentinians. All I see from you is whining and more stupidity.

      • No more comments from people who have not read about the subject. but for this last one:
        A) he did not only operate in Cuba.
        B) he was doing what he did in order to change things in an area even wider than the Latin America, let alone only in Cuba. Cuba was supposed to be the starting point.
        C) Come back when you have done some thinking on the subject.

        C counts for anyone who is going to give comments without thinking first.
        The D) option is for people who are going to give abuse like person above. Dont even bother me.

        • I lioved through Che and Fidel's excursions in Cuba. The were not really out to improve anything but their own position in life. And they couldn't even get along. One reason Che left Cuba was because he and Fidel had a falling out. Don't you research anything? Or just swallow the propaganda hook line and sinker?

        • C) Come back when you have done some thinking on the subject.

          C counts for anyone who is going to give comments without thinking first.

          So why are you still posting? You obviously haven't thought to talk to REAL CUBANS!!!

        • So you while like a little girl getting abuse on a website but per you it's OK if Che killed people because he didn't like them. You whine whine whine them say "Don't even bother me."

          I'd love to see you whine as Che was about to put a bullet in your head. I bet your opinion would change in about a nanosecond.

          You're beyond stupid.

          • So ou refuse to understand or open your mind. Still to insult while I'm trying to explain to you. More closed eyes than netting else and I have given up. Well done your strong head minded ness is making you blind to reality. Do not read or be informed by anything with references. Stay with your own opinion. Make the world as you believe it and insult when others try to make you see more than you do. I hope you remain happy in there.

          • Yet more proof you can't argue with a moron. You still haven't explained. You've whined, BS'ed, obfuscated and now you're whining again.

          • Again,I insist you go do some reading that doesn't involve propaganda of any kind unless you enjoy arguing about things you have no clue about?

          • Still no answer. Are you like a botched full term abortion or something?

            You bitch about propaganda and you cite Wiki? HAHAHAHAHAHA!

            Like you have a clue about anything?

          • Look, whatever your opinion go read something on that's not written by an American. Nothing else I can say which you won't twist into your mind because I see you intentionally try not to understand what I write. Just. Go. Read. History. Not. By. An. American.

          • So, tell me something.
            Why is it you can't answer my point?
            You keep repeating your one point over and over, yet you don't seem to be able to address mine.
            One trick pony?

          • So by your take I should not read anything by a Central American, South American, Cuban American, American Samoan or North American.

          • Go am I obfuscating?i said the revolution was a Latin American idea and you ask me how that helps the Argentinians. And I'm not whining apart from maybe in your head. I'm trying to reason here but it seems to me you don't want to understand English here. If anything, I'm puzzled.

          • I'm sure all those Latin Americans Che and Castro executed without even a trial just enjoyed the hell out of being shot. Latin American idea my ass. You insult good people in Latin America even stating that.

  • Hello everyone,

    I have understood how a lot of people in this threat really hate Che, but i have also noticed that i have not yet seen many arguements going on (from all the comments, both pro and against). What i have seen is a lot of abuse, and very little evidense that one has read one's history from all perspectives. Now as an outsider (do not hate or like the Americas; Please do believe i try and get my sources from as many different perspectives as possible) I would suggest to everyone, try and read your history from writers who are probably going to be unbiased by their own beliefs and/or country government. A starting point could be this link : http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Che_Guevara
    I believe, if one goes through all the information on it, can easily see the kind of dubious information we have on Che Guevara.

    But for a personal opinion: One should not compare him to mass murderers like Hitler etc. Che did not kill on biological racism and lies. He did what he had to do in that way he believed was the only possible, to bring change into his country. BUT he did not do it because of hate. On one quote if you see, it says how imporant human life was to his belief. He was a leper doctor for crying out loud. He killed and hated, yes, like every other man, people who he saw as opressionists, and who were doing harm to his country. But as i know you will not agree to my personal opinion, i urge you to read facts not written by Cubans (if you dont want, although i would suggest it, as a good difference of opinion, and proof of what is the actual state of Cuba now) but not written by Americans either, because the american government of that time had reasons to be biased. As i hope that, as human beings you can understand my reasoning against american writers on that subject, i also hope that you will not hide this comment. It has not given any abuse or negative criticism.
    Next time i see an argument, i should like to see proof of knowledge of all sides for it.
    May you find this post helpful.

    • And what posessed YOU to come in and open this ancient thread AGAIN? I promise you you have nothing to say that hasn't been said a hundred times before here. Go the hell away.

    • I find it interesting that none of these idiots that come here defending Che have bothered to talk to any actual Cubans.
      I live in the Tampa area and can't find a single Cuban that likes Che.

    • "But for a personal opinion: One should not compare him to mass murderers like Hitler etc. Che did not kill on biological racism and lies. He did what he had to do in that way he believed was the only possible, to bring change into his country"

      So, if say, Barack Obama orders a military unit to slaughter 100 Americans who disagree with him publically in the name of bringing change, you'd be fine with that? Your argument simply makes no sense. In fact, I don't know what your point is at all. Che was a Marxist thug who tried to bring about an international revolution. Nothing glorious about that.

    • Quote: "He did what he had to do in that way he believed was the only possible, to bring change into his country. BUT he did not do it because of hate."

      Oh? So he killed Cubans to save HIS country? (Argentina) Man are you fucking stupid.

      • Oh, yes. He uses the wonderful "Che would have killed you, but it's for your own good" argument.

        ...and Che-o-philiacs wonder why we think they're idiots.

        • And why do you think Che would have any reason to kill you or me, or guy above? Or did you just swallow the propaganda?

          • And btw,if he was such a murderer killing Cubans because they did t agree with him or whatever paraphernalia,then why do they consider him a national hero,do you think the are masochists?
            Yet an other person who has not read properly on what he/she is on about.

          • Because he worked along siode their current dictator to take over the country? Of course he is presented as a hero. You fail propaganda 101

          • If you want to read the thoughts of a Cuban who knows many of those innocents who were killed by Che, read some of the works of Humberto Fontova. Then come back here to IHTM, man up, and admit you are the one who swallowed Communist propaganda.

          • you could also watch Che Guevara: Anantomia de un Mito. the poeple that served with him hated him.

          • The only people that consider him a national hero are committed communists and those afraid to disagree with Castro.
            Try talking to ACTUAL CUBANS that have left Cuba to get their opinion.
            MORON!

          • So this is the thread (article, I dunno what to call it) to own Liberals? WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS TELL ME, I LOVE OWNING LIBERALS!!!! ESPECIALLY CHE LIBERALS, IT'S SO FREAKIN' EASY!!!!

            I'll let you guys handle this though. I'm far to anti-Republican after this election to even bother with idiot Che-Liberals. You can't fix stupid and anyone who doesn't recognize the horrors of Che is worthless to me.

            I will pose this question, because I can't help myself: Make Che a Republican and his victims Liberals, do you like the works of Che then? If not, but you still like the works of Che, you have no soul. Also, I'm not going to respond to pro-Che comments, so don't bother me. See above where I view you as worthless.

          • Joe, I'm surprised you haven't come across this before.
            There have been scores of demented Che lovers here, trying to tell us what a wonderful person he was.
            You're right, you can't fix stupid, so we just relentlessly pummel them until they leave.

          • I'm all for the relentless pummel. It's just that pro-Che supporters are so freaking stupid, it's not even worth it. I don't think you can put on a Che t-shirt and ever be saved. The "revolution" he (and others) brought about has caused the Cuban people to live in despair ever since. What else can I say but facts. "Well Joe they have universal health insurance!" That's the response I would get. It's not worth bothering with these people.

            I'm happy you do, but I got Republicans to fight against lol.

          • It's more of a recreational and stress relief pursuit.
            I just like playing whack a mole with stupid people.

          • I did,perhaps you didn't understand it. It was. It was not meant as only a Cuban revolution from an oppressive government. It was meant as Latin American with Cuba the start. Then it went clear he meant to revolt against capitalism around the world. Or why else did he go in Bolivia? Am I clear now with that? And btw I am not a lib. Or a leftist or anything like that. Well done for assuming things. Did you read my link?

          • So you change the subject (again) and obfuscate. Why would I read Wiki? It's at least as full of shit as you are.

          • Typical libtard tactic. Now change the subject and don't answer the question about why killing Cubans saves Argentinians.

  • Do the toads ever look to see what has already been covered 800 TIMES in the previous comments? It is SOOOOO tiresome to have to repeat oneself.

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