On October 8th, let’s all celebrate “Che Got Shot Today!” Day.

It was the final days of December, 1959. 16 men in a cell not big enough for 4 were all standing so 16 more could lay on the floor to try to get a few minutes of sleep. They were joined by a young boy no more than 12 or 13 years old, face bloody and beaten. His crime, trying to defend his father when the rifle squads came to murder him.
The cell door opened and 10 were called out, including the boy. Near the wall where the executions took place, he was ordered by his executioner to kneel. The brave boy replied, “If you’re going to kill me you’re going to have to do it the way you kill a man, standing, not like a coward, kneeling.” The executioner walked behind the boy, unholstered his pistol and shot him in the neck, nearly decapitating him.
The other prisoners shouted “assassins, miserable cowards” and many other things. The executioner turned toward the cell and emptied his magazine, killing and wounding numerous other prisoners still in their cell.
The executioner was Che Guivera. The “revolutionary” revered by so many celebrities and college students. Think about this the next time you see someone wearing a t-shirt with his image on it. Or better yet, push them down a flight of stairs!

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