Why Cesar Chavez Suddenly Became Politically Inconvenient to the Left

[martybegan]

It looks like the whole Cesar Chavez thing isn't something that just came into being on its own. Next year would have been his hundredth birthday, and to the current illegal immigration loving left, his views on illegals weren't going to cut it. The left is finally realizing they can't control the narrative anymore, so they can't hide the fact Chavez was against illegal immigration. Since he isn't worth anything to them anymore, protecting his legacy isn't worth it to them anymore either.

Nolte: Why Cesar Chavez Suddenly Became Politically Inconvenient to the Left

You see, this year is the 99th anniversary of Chavez’s birth (he died in 1993), and celebrations had been planned for this event all over the country. Next year, though… Wow. One-hundred years. That’s the biggie, and you can bet that were it not for New Media, the left planned to feast on that anniversary.

There is just one inconvenient fact about the left’s secular saint…


Cesar Chavez opposed illegal immigration every bit as much as Donald J. Trump. Chávez understood that illegal aliens undermined the wages of legal migrant workers and their union bargaining power.

Cesar Chavez was so opposed to illegal immigration that, just like Minuteman Project of 2004, which was widely smeared in the legacy media as racist, Chavez put together his own militia to stop illegals from crossing the border. There are credible reports that violence was used as an example to others.

To form his United Farmworkers Union (UFW), it was Chavez versus the growers, and for obvious reasons, the growers loved the open border.

From this week’s New York Times report:

A handful of Mr. Chavez’s relatives and former U.F.W. leaders have been aware for years about various allegations of sexual misconduct, but there is no evidence that they made efforts to fully investigate the accusations, acknowledge the victims or apologize to them. Instead, many of the women say they were discouraged from speaking out in order to preserve Mr. Chavez’s public image.

 

[1srelluc]

It just strikes me as very bad form to start in on a guy who's been dead for 30-odd years.

Then again a lot of stuff about MLK's infidelity did not come out till after his death.

That said it was known by the FBI well before his death.

I wonder if the FBI had any such thing on Chavez? I'm sure he was "indexed" during J. Edgar's time.

 

[drudge X]

It just strikes me as very bad form to start in on a guy who's been dead for 30-odd years.

Then again a lot of stuff about MLK's infidelity did not come out till after his death.

That said it was known by the FBI well before his death.

I wonder if the FBI had any such thing on Chavez? I'm sure he was "indexed" during J. Edgar's time.

MLK is untouchable and the reason is obvious. The guy had like 30 mistresses and who knows how many out of wedlock children he has.

 

[Captain Creeper]

It's funny how many of these leftist icons turn out to be total scumbags.

 

[martybegan]

MLK is untouchable and the reason is obvious. The guy had like 30 mistresses and who knows how many out of wedlock children he has.

I just wish the left could be honest about things like this. Nobody is perfect, and over time views on things change, some for better, some for worse. To me MLK's net contribution to the US outweighs both my political disagreements with him as well as his character flaws.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I see Chavez and I always hear everyone in Young Guns pronouncing it 'CHAHHH...VeZZZ"

 

[martybegan]

I see Chavez and I always hear everyone in Young Guns pronouncing it 'CHAHHH...VeZZZ"

Did you sleep through your US history class in high school when they covered the 70's and 80's?