I was doing a family thing on vacation, and we were getting ready to go out to eat, and my nephew who was probably 16 comes down wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt.
I walked over to him and said: “Do you know who that guy is on your t-shirt?”
He said “Yeah...he is some kind of revolutionary guy.”
I responded “Do you know what his job was?”
When he answered that he didn’t, I said “His job was to murder the families of people who politically disagreed with Fidel Castro. He was the hatchet man, and murdered families, men, women and children.”
He mumbled “I thought it was just a cool shirt.”
I wasn’t mean or aggressive with him. I have never viewed this kid as bad or evil, he was just a stupid kid doing what stupid kids have done as long as there are stupid kids.
But his complete ignorance astonished me. Especially with something like that.
And, as you said, his face on a t-shirt should be no different than Hitler’s visage on a t-shirt. You are absolutely spot on in your pointing that out...in that it says volumes about the Left and who they worship, and none of it good.
I happened to be wearing this:
When my meal came out, I walked by their table (they were still in the menu contemplation phase, so I wasn't interrupting much), and said something like "You have your t-shirt, I have mine, our side won."
The couple was dying laughing, 3rd wheel was a deer in the headlights, I said "Have a great evening!" waved and headed for home.
At this point, I'm not so sure. We live in interesting times.