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December 09, 2004
Commie Chic at NYPL
I am so angry I could just scream. Are people so damn desperate to make a damn buck that they will flush all sense of common decency and morality right down the friggin' toilet? Are they so desperate that they will glorify a communist mass murderer? Yes, I'm talking about Che Guevara merchandise again.
This just in from Val at Babalu Blog: The New York Public Library is selling "Revolution watches" with Che Guevara's face on it, using this advertising pitch:
"Revolution is a permanent state with this clever watch, featuring the classic romantic image of Ché Guevara, around which the word "revolution" -- revolves."
WTF??? Clever? Classic and romantic?? Che Guerava??? You would think a public library might have an idea that Che Guevara is a friggin' communist mass murderer, wouldn't you? Do you want your children to consider Che Guevara a romantic hero, do you want them to dream his dream of revolution? In his own words:
Hatred as an element of the struggle; a relentless hatred of the enemy, impelling us above and beyond the natural limitations that man is heir to, and transforming him into an effective, violent, seductive and cold killing machine. - Communist Mass Murderer Che Guevara
Is admiration and hero worship for an effective, violent, seductive and cold killing machine what you want for your children and the rest of America's youth?
If not, well, then, DO SOMETHING!
Call the NYPL's Sara Abraham, director of retail marketing, at (212) 930-0591 or Paul LeClerc president & CEO, at (212) 930-0736 or email them at libraryshop@nypl.org and express some outrage at their marketing of mass murderers as romantic heros to the youth of America. Do not tolerate this in silence.
Someone has to stand up for the thousands of people murdered by Che Guevara. And someone has to stand up for your kids.
Posted by LindaSoG at December 9, 2004 06:28 PM
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