I agree mostly with what you said in RT. He wasn't exactly spotless, but terrorist? Depends on the semantics of that word, I guess. The image has been glorified and gilded somewhat, and there are a few reasons why I don't like his current status as an icon, but there are a lot of lies out there as well. There have been plenty of worse people throughout history and that continues to be the case.
As the saying goes, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. I honestly can't stand the situation as it stands with his image on t-shirts and such, but as Dean said, there have been far worse people.
Exactly. Having his image plastered on merchandise is ironic considering his views on capitalism. As for whether he's a hero or terrorist, it all depends on one's perspective: In my view he was no angel, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a terrorist. He certainly wasn't as bad as some of the brutal dictators the U.S., and other countries, have backed.
From what I know about him, mostly based on random things I've read and the movie Mothercycle Diaries, he set out to do good as a medical student/doctor, but things got out of hand. Castro played a big part in this, I feel. Socialist ideas are great, but when people get militant to achieve those goals, I think they're acting wrongly. With that said I do believe someone had to take action in that part of the world, at that moment in time (and still, today) because of how the general population was/is being misused. Also I agree, worse people have done worse things and for much more selfish purposes. He's become yet another iconic image of the so called "counterculture", which eventually turned into a capitalist moneypool.
Can I ask why? Che Guevara went from good to very bad. He tortured and killed many innocent men, women and children. CHILDREN.