It is probably not surprising that the Pinochet dictatorship has its admirers among U.S. hate groups, but a photograph of one particular man in Charlottesville exceeds all levels of ugliness. His black t shirt promotes “Pinochet’s helicopter tours” and shows a body falling from a helicopter. It is a reference to the way the regime disposed of some of its victims, and for more background, check out this PBS documentary on a brave Chilean judge’s investigation into these killings: The Judge and the General.
Journalist Uki Goñi published the photograph on his Twitter account, and noted that the t shirts are sold on…Amazon.
Notes on the Americas 