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...model for this, of course, is the passion of Che, which is explicitly Christ-like. Tortured by the unresponsiveness of the peasants, and, some say, betrayed by the Bolivian Communist Party, Che is said to have cried in his last moments of life, "No contestant, no contestant." (They do not answer, they do not answer...
...parts of Bolovia where Che fought, the Indians call him Santo Che...
...Drop sacred names, but be sure which names to drop. Remember the basic rule: the safest saint is a dead saint -Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Frantz Fanon. Be particularly careful about bringing up Herbert Marcuse. His importance, Carl Oglesby warns, may have been "badly overstated." "He is not the kind of writer whose books explode one out of the study." (The cardinal sin of the New Left writer is to keep his readers off the streets...
...going forth to conquer the world." The heroes upon whom the romantics model themselves, and the causes they support, are also meant to shock. In the 19th century, romantics adulated Napoleon for defying all European tradition by his bold exploits. Many of today's young rebels glorify Che Guevara and Chairman Mao. The parallels are not exact, but in both situations it was enough that the heroes were hated by the Establishment...
This world view does not belong exclusively to females, since Roxanne Dunbar describes Che Guevara as maternal (protective, caring), but she takes for granted that a greater number of women than men share this world view. "Female liberation" here sounds like familiar Christian ethics...