Che Guevera Gets A Statute In Central Park (WHAT!?)

Say Anything ^ | 11/21/2008 | Rob

[Pyro7480]

A memorial to a murderous socialist thug in the heart of the heart of capitalism:

The base of the sculpture is inscribed with a Che quote that my ignorance of Spanish prohibited me from deciphering. But I’m pretty sure it wasn’t an apology for committing acts of terror and helping to derail a country for nearly half a century.

I’ve never understood the left’s fascination with Che. I mean sure, he’s a socialist and that ostensibly means he’s a member of the people’s revolution or whatever euphemism the extremist proponents of government-run everything use for themselves. But the reality of Che doesn’t really match up to myth of Che carried in the hearts (and on the backpacks and t-shirts) of aging hippies and immature college students everywhere.

For instance, did you know that Che Guevera was a terrorist who plotted the murder of tens of thousands of innocents? Well, maybe that doesn’t matter so much given that Bill Ayers was given a pass for plotting the same sort of things. Bug Guevera was also known to rail against rock 'n roll, "long hairs" and homosexuals in his speeches. He was a racist who mocked black Cubans and segregated them in his revolutionary movement. And he was a book burner who personally hosted bonfires fed by the libraries of intellectuals.

Are those things really worth celebrating?

[flash2368]

Where are all the pigeons with intestinal problems when you need them??

[Kackikat]

yep.

[Hoodat]

Ah, ‘Che the Executioner’ finds his place among leftist elitists. I wonder where they’ll put the statue of Pol Pot?

[Rick_Michael]

now I know where to go to bathroom. thanks.

[Windflier]

Finally... a statue that patriots can deface in good conscience.

[Windflier]

I’m amazed that someone hasn’t sawed the head off that thing by now.

[wastedyears]

Cool, now I can urinate on Che without going to Cuba.

[ronnie raygun]

Another clean statue the pigeons can sh## on, is how I look at it!

[redpoll]

The great news here is generations of dogs will piss all over this man’s feet. It is a fitting epitath.

[Clintonfatigued]

WTF??????!!!!!!

[Clintonfatigued]

“Down town Manhattan on the east side is a building named Red Square.”

And I’ll bet that in that case, “red” doesn’t mean conservative Republican.

[neverdem]

Grand Army Plaza

To the north of Grand Army Plaza is the Doris C. Freedman Plaza, which was dedicated in 1982 and is the site of rotating six-month sculpture installations organized by the Public Art Fund.

As noted in the original story, it' in the Doris C. Freedman Plaza. It's one of those temporary aberations that's common to city life. Cities seem to attract the oddballs from every where else in the country.

[Fudd Fan]

“Halo. Statue?”

[Maceman]

This has to be a joke. How would this get past any committee in charge of ok’ing public art?

The same way THIS did.

[Faux_Pas]

[Doctor Raoul]

SOmeone should slap an Obama sticker on his lapel...

[Faux_Pas]

"SOmeone should slap an Obama sticker on his lapel..."

*LOL*

[BonRad]

What are the circumstances and date of installation?

[stbdside]

A Che statue? Well, at least the pigeons have something to crap on.

[XR7]

Che Guevarra statue in Central Park...

Chop off its head!

Decapitated bronze Lenin statues laying in a scrapyard in Vilnius, Lithuania.