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It's a bit funny this comment has already been downvoted to negative points. I'm simply responding to OP with neutral language and valid references. The questio
by teachrdan 3y ago
It's a bit funny this comment has already been downvoted to negative points. I'm simply responding to OP with neutral language and valid references. The question is, "Why is he considered a counterculture hero?" The answer, in part, is that he spent his young life fighting imperialism and died a martyr's death.
Honest question: Is there any answer to OP's question that would not get downvoted? Is my original answer being downvoted because it's articulated poorly, or because people don't like the answer?
- yorwba 3y agoI downvoted you because you failed to engage with the content of the comment you attached your reply to and instead launched into a tangent on an irrelevant detail.
- teachrdan 3y agoHere's the comment by OP that I am trying to engage with: > it might be worth considering Che Guevara - who is a "ubiquitous countercultural symbol" [Wikipedia] and yet had a fairly atrocious record on human rights My reply to that comment is an attempt to explain why Guevara became a "ubiquitous countercultural symbol" -- because of the substance of his life's work and his tragic death. Is that a tangent, or an irrelevant detail?
- yorwba 3y agoI would've considered it more relevant if you had addressed the means by which people came to learn stories about him despite TikTok not being available to livestream his last words to a receptive audience.
- fragmede 3y agoPersonally the long quote lifted from Wikipedia is what did it