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re: Heroes, Red Arrows, 'n Gimps. . .
Posted on 1/29/17 at 6:47 pm to FaCubeItches
Posted on 1/29/17 at 6:47 pm to FaCubeItches
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Que? Mandela was an unrepentant terrorist (would have been freed many years earlier had he simply renounced violence - but didn't), and Guevara was simply a murderer. If merely furthering a cause is sufficient, your list is very short on 20th Century totalitarians.
One man's, or people's, terrorist is another's hero. To the British, George Washington was a traitor and a terrrorist. Many Northerners thought R.E. Lee was a terrorist. Southerners weren't too fond of Sherman. To the people in South Arfica who were suffering under Apartheid, and the impoverished and oppressed people of Latin America, Mandela and Guevara were great heroes.
This post was edited on 1/29/17 at 6:56 pm
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Posted on 1/29/17 at 7:26 pm to Cobb Dawg
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One man's, or people's, terrorist is another's hero
Please give us your or their definition of the word "terrorist" then..
I really want to see the dishonest pathetic lengths someone would have to go through to label Washington or Lee as "terrorists". Or how they could say that sherman, guevera, or lincoln weren't.
This level of stupidity is scary, to be honest.
Posted on 1/29/17 at 7:50 pm to Cobb Dawg
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Guevara were great heroes
He was a Marxist dictator and murderer. If you didn't adore him in Cuba you were killed....or he'd kill you himself if he thought you weren't loyal.
I guess Hitler is your hero as well because the German people loved him so much and he was a "revolutionary"?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 8:42 pm to Cobb Dawg
Given that Guevara spent most of his time oppressing the ever-living-frick out of Africans and South Americans, his hero status amongst them is rather limited.
As far as Mandela, he's not overly well thought of by those outside of his tribe.
As far as Mandela, he's not overly well thought of by those outside of his tribe.
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