Speaking of Che Guevara, there’s a bronze statue of him in the area near the Sherman monument across from the Plaza and just outside Central Park at Fifth Avenue in New York City. Dressed in his customary guerrilla fatigues, he strides forward purposefully and looks dashingly masculine with a cigar in his mouth. The romanticization of this cruel, murderous thug never ceases, perhaps sustained by the fact that on many college campuses, Che posters and t-shirts can still be found, as commenters in this thread at Contentions observe.
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