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Idealization of Latin Dickheads by Politically Autistic Gringos

Published December 21, 2020 in Personal Stories & Opinions - 2 Comments

Some odd years back, I remember when I was in college…

And we had this professor that we can call Perez.

He was born in northern Mexico if I remember right…

Anyway, he wasn’t the most professional professor from what I remember…

For example, we’d have a test planned out for a certain day with an idea of what the test would be like....

And he'd show up late to class forgetting to write out the test and just tell us to write out a quick essay in Spanish.

And he often showed up late to class about 10 to 15 minutes late just because (with each class being 50 minutes in length) and then…

Showing up finally and going “uhhh, which Spanish class is this?”

Then returning to his office to get the correct textbook for the day.

As well, he usually gave students he hated bad grades and students he loved -- such as myself -- great grades.

One type of student he liked often were blonde white chicks though.

A friend of mine at the time named Johanne would prove to me that he was constantly changing her grades to be higher than normal.

Anyway, from her perspective, she told me that he seemed overly flirtatious with her at times.

And supposedly other students mentioned this also about him.

Having children and a wife didn't stop his "conquistador" grading methods...

And having tenure might have helped him keep his job.

Either way, it’s funny to think about in hindsight…

Especially after my time in Latin America where now Perez resembles more the type of Latino you meet down here who has a raging fetish for white chicks.

And will bend over backwards to please over any he sees.

Though his unprofessionalism didn't end there.

On one particular day, he brought up Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and all…

You know, the history of the Cuban Revolution.

And the guy spent an entire class reading some book about the Cuban Revolution and “the glory of Che Guevara.”

It’s kinda funny to think about in hindsight – back then, it was weird and made me think “why am I spending money on this?”

Which is even more true because I got an A in his class (as I did in other Spanish classes), but I felt that he was the only Spanish professor I had where my Spanish got worse after the semester.

In large part because how he taught the class was a big joke.

Anyway, the Che Guevara stuff had no relation to our future tests or any assignments we had for class.

For some reason, Perez had some raging boner for Che and would suck his 4 inch cock in front of us had the occasion been possible!

“Ok, class, this is a lesson for future tests….when you want to make a revolutionary cum, don’t forget the balls! You must get your tongue all over that shit!”

The funny thing also was there was some white student from Ohio or wherever in the class that questioned the presentation of Che Guevara when Perez was reading about him.

And that pissed off Perez.

It was after that class that it was obvious that Perez hated that student when that happened.

Almost like he had some knee jerk reaction to anyone questioning the greatness of Che Guevara in standing up to American imperialism!

As if Che wasn't a bit of a cunt himself with all of the people he killed....

And while almost all of the professors I had at that college were a shit ton more professional then he was…

This incident was the earliest I could remember of someone going to bat for a batshit mass murderer cunt like Che Guevara.

But it's not as uncommon as you think....

There's plenty of people who would go to bat for crazy cunts like this who did lots of damage in Latin America.

The type of folks that you meet who idealize…

Romanticize…

Certain Latino individuals who are, by anyone with half a brain, complete dickheads.

You have folks like this on both the left and right…

Though, in my experience, I have noticed more folks on the left wing idealizing Latin dickheads than right wing ones…

But they both do it!

Leftists 

For people on the left...

You have some who support individuals like Che Guevara or Fidel Castro because they seem them as standing up to American imperialism.

Though they often seem to ignore the mass murdering done by people like Che Guevara or Fidel.

Or how they turned Cuba into another form of authoritarian government after overthrowing Batista and standing in line with Soviet imperialism.

So change one dictatorship for another with a new government that supports one form of imperialism over another?

And that's better?

The reasons for why people seem to support folks like Che from what I have seen seem to be....

First, a general stance against US influence in Latin America and some of the bad things we did in the region despite ignoring the shitty governments and imperialism they support after (Fidel, Che and the Soviets).

Second, sometimes it's just ignorance of the people like Che that support.

Third, the ideology of some of these folks seems to make people think that only white people (like past presidents of the US) can do bad things and they tend to excuse bad behavior of non-white people in general just because.

Perhaps out of a fear of feeling racist for saying non-white folks in LATAM can do fucked up things to just general brainwashing that made them think that way.

Either way, it's a bit weird.

Here's an interesting video on some of the shitty things Che did -- including mass murder of a variety of individuals.

Such as gay people -- which I find ironic hat leftists support people like Che but want to stand in alliance with gay people.

Alright then....

And here's a funny video to watch on people who claim to support Che Guevara.

More on the atrocities of Che that you can briefly read here or here

So I always found it funny seeing his cunt of a face (that only a mother could love) on t shirts and all…

It would also be funny to see some of these same cunts going to the Cuban community in Florida to express support for people like Che Guevara…

It might flow better among Latino-Americans who are of Mexican descent like Perez....

Either way…

Either way, it needs to be said that opposing a cunt like Che Guevara or Fidel Castro does not mean that you support someone like Batista.

It’s like the civil war in Syria…

You can oppose someone like Bashar al-Assad while also opposing ISIS or any of the guerrilla/terrorist groups in the country that are absolute garbage.

Opposition to one does not mean support for the other…

Though it goes beyond that…

Beyond the folks like Che Guevara or Fidel Castro….

It’s funny – you also have, typically leftists, who “turn the other cheek” to large cartel groups or bosses like Pablo Escobar or El Chapo….

For example, I remember when I was talking with my sister some years ago…

Who is cool obviously

But who made a very dumb statement trying to forgive some of the atrocities like someone like El Chapo…

“Well, doesn’t he help poor people with his drug money? Like a Robin Hood!”

I’m not sure if she read that dumb shit on Vice or whatever left leaning magazine…

While it might be true or not that El Chapo has helped out some poor people (which I’m not sure of)….

The point is he also has killed so many innocent people who had nothing to do with his conflict…

He’s an absolute cunt of a person.

And deserves the worst ending to his life because of how many lives he destroyed.

You try telling all of the victims of the cartel violence…

Who lost their sons, daughters, wives, husbands, partners, cousins and more…

That he wasn’t “that bad.”

Like fuck off really.

Let’s see how many people would like it having a family member dragged out of your house in front of you by armed men….

Only to you never seeing them again and knowing that person will be murdered and thrown into a grave among so many others…

“Well, Matt, they help give 50 dollars to poor people!”

Oh fuck off!

What, you justifying their activities because Vice told you so?

It's even funnier when these same folks go about the US is the one behind all of the drug violence in Mexico and elsewhere...

And while our government has had and does have a fucked up role in that...

These same folks tend to also blame broken communities that were destroyed by the drugs flowing over the border into the US.

So we don't blame the victim for anything unless that victim is a poor person in the middle of Indiana....

In a left behind small town where said people are hooked on drugs killing them and have a health crisis to abandon their addiction....

And they seem to have a hard time putting blame on the fucked up individuals working for these cartels that bring the drugs over to destroy communities here and also destroy communities in their own home countries with all the violence they bring.

Someone like El Chapo is a "robin hood."

Sure...

Well, glad to know some of these cartel bosses have been known to fund schools in rural areas of Colombia and such....

I'm sure that makes up for all of the death and violence they bring.

Such as in this great story here by victims of the drug violence…

And, if you watch this video here on Youtube that is a documentary on Pablo Escobar….

Shows well some of the damage these fuckers can do…

Plus, there was this comment here in the Youtube comment section that I liked....

"people romanticised gangsters like pablo escobar but take it look at this documentary and you realise the only type of attention he should get is condemnation"

It's true!

Someone like Pablo shouldn't get praised. 

They all end up getting killed but bringing down a lot of innocents with them…

Which, to be fair, it isn’t just the cartels that fuck shit up on those lines…

But also the local and international governments – such as the Mexican, American, Colombian governments and more…

But, again, recognizing the evils of one side doesn’t mean we turn a blind eye to the other side…

Anyway, those are just some of the examples I can think of regarding leftist foreigners forgiving the atrocities of some of the cunts down here….

But it’s not just left wing folks that do this….

Right Wing

On the other hand, you do have some folks on the right who behave in the same way…

Where they support certain Latin dickheads because of political affiliation.

More so along the lines of political affiliation and a lot less influenced by race from what I have seen…

And it’s not as common…

I don’t see too many folks among the right who talk fondly of Latin dickheads….

But there are some who speak fondly of individuals like Pinochet of Chile specifically. 

I wish I had the video still but I remember watching some ring wing commentary by some individual in the US…

Who made some comment in support of what Pinochet did in Chile – basically wiping out and killing a lot of left wing folks in the country back in those days…

Of course, that itself exposes another topic all of itself – the tribalism of American politics and how you have right wing and left wing individuals and groups who are itching for a civil war ready to kill the other side…

Perhaps not very comforting to know that your own country has individuals like that who want such internal destruction…

Either way…..

That’s not the first time I have ever heard someone on the right wing support what Pinochet did or reference him in a good light…

Basically supporting the idea of government force to kill off “the other side” politically speaking…

And some hope among their part for a similar dictatorship in the US to come to power to do the same thing.

It’s not common though for people on the right to support someone like Pinochet though from what I have seen....

I think in part because right wingers tend to be less knowledgeable or interested in historical events and figures in Latin America.

Otherwise, I’d imagine they would as well show support or talk fondly of other right wing dictators (though they never seem to do)....

In contrast, I tend to notice leftists are more likely to take an active interest and even visit Latin America for social causes.

I think one of the reasons for that is because leftists have more Latino support relative to right wing activist groups.

Also, I've noticed more leftist talk of supporting "international solidarity" and such and that extending south of the border.

Anyway, both sides are bad here.

Those who trip over themselves to try to justify and endorse the actions of individuals who were garbage – like Pinochet for those on the right…

To Pablo Escobar, El Chapo, Che Guevara or Fidel Castro on the left…

All because of identity politics and similar political affiliation with those that they speak fondly of…

Anyway, that’s all I have to say on this topic for now.

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Thanks.

Best regards,

Matt

2 comments

Dazza - December 23, 2020 Reply

The thing the left and the right have in common in Latin America for the most part is violence and corruption.

I am left wing in the UK but I remember my first trip to Latin America was Argentina and this was back in 2005, at that time, the piquerteros were out in full force on the streets and they would shut down the city of Buenos Aires in huge numbers – so I was talking with one of my friends there about the piquerteros and ‘people power’ and he went with a sneer ‘they would cut your throat for your trainers and forget the deed by the next morning’ which brought it home that how I saw myself in a British context – working class – doesn’t translate to Argentinian working class or the bottom of their society.

Even though I am working class in the UK, I still have things the working class Peruvian does not have – academic degrees up to master degree, I am an expat working in Asia, foreign travel, opportunities, choices – and a lot of them have no chance of having any of these things – a working class person in the UK has many chances to improve their station – Peruvians in a place like San Juan de Lurigancho or up in the selva – it’s going to be very hard if not impossible – so that got rid of that notion
that little ol’ me and the working masses of Peru/Argentina/Colombia have anything in common – we simply don’t.

British (and the various northern European versions of socialism such as you find in Scandinavia) are not the systems that you see in Latin America – a lot of it is down to ineptness and greed and corruption and all those crap things, so even though I am left wing in the UK, I do have a vote for the next election in Peru (and it’s mandatory with a fine if you don’t vote) and it will probably go to George Forsyth who is a centrist – in Latin American politics – I am a centrist too! Peru is doing rather well at the moment economically and the last thing we need is a disruption to the upturn by greedy dream merchants on the make – I could never vote for a left wing party in Peru like I could in the UK because they’re simply not the same thing.

With this is my jump up the social strata because I have things now that certainly don’t make me working class in Peru – I am by automatic definition ‘middle class and beyond’ there is no way I can go to a place like El Agustino in Lima and tell them we’re political left-wing brothers without getting mugged, shot and dumped somewhere smelly because just by looking at me, I am part of the problem – the people who are keeping them ‘down’, they certainly wouldn’t see as someone with shared interests and beliefs which is why I keep getting fucking Gringo taxed! My left wing reality doesn’t translate to a Latin American left-wing reality – so this is my long winded point! When people in your country and mine and in Europe think about left wing heroes in Latin America – they weld them alongside their own socialist realities when in fact there are vast differences. Of course, I want to see more equality and the bottom tiers of society move on up but Scandinavian style socialist policies could never work! Both sides of the spectrum – even today – are mired too much in corruption and violence – violence seems to work in a lot of Latin America – especially as a last resort. In Peru only the other week, the people went out onto the streets (whilst wearing facemasks) and got rid of Martin Vizcarra! I think the Latin American right and the European/North American right have more in common with each other as we are now seeing with Bolsonaro.

    Matt - December 23, 2020 Reply

    “which brought it home that how I saw myself in a British context – working class – doesn’t translate to Argentinian working class or the bottom of their society.”

    “the people who are keeping them ‘down’, they certainly wouldn’t see as someone with shared interests and beliefs”

    It’s interesting some of the points you made.

    I used to do research on a social movement in Chiapas some time ago. I have much of the research left in my laptop and would like to finish it but I had to stop when I started to run out of money to live abroad. I plan on going back to it soon.

    But one of the broader lessons about what I was learning was how social groups in different countries can come together to support a common cause.

    Though, that was just theory.

    It involved a bunch of mostly North American and European groups coming to support an indigenous movement in Chiapas that, through many obvious examples, never gave a rats ass about them. And, in many ways, just treated them like, as I sometimes talk about on my blog, “ATM machines.”

    It was funny too in so many ways looking back on it from what I remember…

    In how the cultural and linguistic gap made it harder for either side to connect well and work together…

    To how it was plainly obvious the relationship was one sided with the movement in Chiapas basically using the foreign groups to get free money and resources.

    As well how it was obvious that the movement in Chiapas didn’t care whatsoever for those supporting them abroad….

    Finally, how the foreign groups in North America and Europe had these grand theories about socialist policies and all but 99% of the members of the movement in Chiapas never gave a fuck about any of that.

    But that also goes into another point that you brought up….

    “they weld them alongside their own socialist realities when in fact there are vast differences”

    Though I think you are talking about something different here….

    It reminded me of a point in particular…

    Which is that the realities that the Chiapas movement faced was vastly different from the realities of the European and North American groups.

    Night and day different.

    The European and North American groups, for the most part, had to worry about logistical challenges with sending money to the Chiapas group.

    However, the movement in Chiapas had many more challenges beyond getting money sent to them — a federal government trying to buy off their members, paramilitary groups forcing thousands into forced displacement and killing others, being forgotten into irrelevance by most people on the planet as time goes on, issues with climate change as Chiapas is particularly badly affected, local morale among their members fading, still living in only slightly better living conditions from decades ago and significantly much worse than the rest of the country, their culture, language and ethnic groups being genocided, etc.

    When you put all of that into context….

    It makes sense also why the group in Chiapas and its members didn’t care so much about what was going on in Europe and why they were not standing around a campfire thinking of “big ideas” with socialism and all.

    They are fighting for survival in the very moment!

    Survival of their people, language, culture and everything!

    Of course, they still had to talk of “the big ideas” that appealed to the foreigners — but they left that to their spokespeople to do that work since most, in my opinion, didn’t give a fuck about it and had bigger issues to worry on locally in their rural communities.

    “With this is my jump up the social strata because I have things now that certainly don’t make me working class in Peru”

    I’d agree that almost no foreigner finds himself in the “working class” down here.

    Granted, some will end up in tighter situations — having to live off 500 bucks a month or whatever.

    But there is a difference.

    In that they chose that and could go back home anytime to a — more likely speaking — a more comfortable life back home.

    Plus, even 500 bucks per month for one individual in most countries down here isn’t too terrible.

    Well, in a foreigner context, it doesn’t sound very glamorous.

    Though there are parts of LATAM like Pachuca in Mexico where that would work out fine (not saying you will “live like a king” but you can get by perfectly fine on that for one individual).

    But in the context of minimum wage being so low down here with it being like 5 dollars A DAY in some countries….

    Well, OK, 500 bucks a month sounds alright.

    Unless the gringo is particularly fucked over living on 200 USD a month or whatever….

    OK, he might be in a much tougher spot.

    Though, like before, he probably has that option to go back home if he wants.

    Reminds me of this video of these foreigners living in Asia on the street begging for money.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEGFARCfQUU

    Anyway, thanks for the comment!

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