• mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    I don’t understand the consternation with accepting Che was homophobic.

    He was a product of his times.

    Is it really that shocking that a man in the 1950s has homophobic views?

    You linked a source saying this; he called a gay man a pervert.

    Why die on this hill?

    • WraithGear@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      wait wait wait, i thought the whole point of this was the insinuation that he was homophonic and is blamed for creating gay work camps and committing human rights violations against gay people. this person lays out a detailed rebuttal on the major talking points that would back the accusers assertions… but now it’s “well everyone at the time was homophobic!, so i am still technically right!”

      so you do know there is a difference between someone who uses the word gay to mean bad or gross, and someone who commands the creation of concentration camps to commit human rights violations against gay people right?

      it’s a little dishonest. is this moving the goal post?

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      22 hours ago

      Like honestly, how many dudes born in the 1920’s had any sort of positive view on homosexuality? Crazy how hero worship whitewashes people who weren’t heros.

    • therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Is it really that shocking that a man in the 1950s has homophobic views?

      Is that the problem you see here?

      Really?

      A shitlib waddles into a leftist space, does what every shitlib does whenever Che’s name gets mentioned and craps out the standard shitlib disinformational propaganda about him they always do, and that’s the problem you see here?

      You linked a source saying this; he called a gay man a pervert.

      I hate to be the one to break it to you… but LQBTQ people get to be perverts too - just like the rest of us.