Che

What's up with people's obsession and idolization of Che Guevara? Sure the picture looks cool, but does anyone know what he stood for? Reason interviews Paquito D'Rivera who fled Cuba to escape persecution:

"Che was an inspiration for me," D'Rivera tells reason.tv. "I thought I have to get out of this island as soon as I can, because I am in the wrong place at the wrong time!" D'Rivera did escape Cuba, and so far he's won nine Grammy awards playing the kind of music Che tried to silence. But D'Rivera says Che's crimes didn't end with censorship. "He ordered the execution of many people with no trial." Che served as Castro's chief executioner, presiding over the infamous La Cabana prison. D'Rivera says Che's policy of killing innocents earned him the nickname-the Butcher of La Cabana.

Here is Nick Gillespie adding his two cents:

We're rightly horrified by fascist murderers like Adolph Hitler. Why aren't we
also horrified by communist killers?

Doesn't anyone else find it amusing that merchandise with Che's grille on it is being spread by the forces of capitalism?