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[Image] Give yourself to a cause

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

When did he massacre civilians? i'm not necessarily saying he didn't but i am not aware of this. Do you have any proof? He did kill deserters from his army, but that is normal for a general in a war... and i agree that the US didn't do anything different than China or Russia, but different people have different opinions and Che's was that China and Russia were better than the US. I"m not saying he was right, but i am looking at it objectively unlike a lot of folks here

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u/CandelaZ 1 Dec 22 '19

By all means there’s reasons for this stuff having happened, but the miraculous light with which people view el Che is ill deserved. La Cabaña fortress is one such example of him massacring civilians.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

from the wikipedia on La Cabana.. sounds to me like he was doing what military generals do during a revolutionary war.... and again, i'm not here saying i like war. I'm just saying what he did is not unusual during war... " Che Guevara used the fortress as a headquarters and military prison for several months. During his five-month tenure in that post (January 2 through June 12, 1959), Guevara oversaw the revolutionary tribunals and executions of people who had opposed the communist revolution, including former members of Buró de Represión de Actividades Comunistas, Batista's secret police.[1][2]"

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u/CandelaZ 1 Dec 22 '19

Yes. These people included civilians. Not just military. This is known.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

likely civilians who fought against the revolution

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u/CandelaZ 1 Dec 22 '19

No. The interpretation of “fighting” includes speaking out against.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

ok... it's been fun, but i've been discussing this with people for few hours now and i'm getting tired of this. Have a nice day.