Luís D’Elía: “Kirchner Is a Son of a Bitch”
The former school teacher, turned government official-turned street thug, Luis D’Elía, acknowledged in a radio interview Tuesday that he had called former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner a “son of a bitch.”
“Yes, I did say that,” said D’Elía, the soft-spoken street protester who sometimes represents the government on overseas diplomatic missions.
D’Elía, who has gained notoriety, among other things, for breaking into police stations, punching peaceful protesters whose views differ from his own, and saying he hates white people, said that while Kirchner may be a son of a bitch, he’s Argentina’s own son of a bitch.
In fairness to D’Elía, he appears to have used the expression as a term of endearment, tantamount, roughly, to saying that Kirchner is “a tough guy, a man of convictions” who stands up for what he believes is right and is willing to do battle with whomever or whatever stands in his way.
Kirchner, in this view, is wiling to fight hard to do what is right, even if this means being a “son of a bitch” to those special interests who seek to spoil the common good.
Question: At what point does “being a son of a bitch” become a good thing?
If you stand up for what is right, does that really make you a son of a bitch?
*Photo: Luis D’Elía, in the middle, attacking peaceful protesters at the Plaza de Mayo in 2008. Moments before this, he had been a special guest at the Casa Rosada.
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It takes one to know one I guess..
As a native speaker, I think I understand what he meant.
1) The phrase can be used as a compliment sometimes. depending on the context and tone. Let’s say if you did something very well, or if you did something smart, or wise, or even if you cheated without being noticed.
2) The phrase is also taken out of context. It continued “… but it is our s.o.a b.”, which makes the meaning more clear.
A better educated person would have say that for the President “the end justifies the means”. There are more concrete things for which to criticize Luís.
Probably He said that because did’nt get any money lately….
More now, knowing that the kks’ in the last declaration of their income….have a plus of 10 million more money that they declared last year.
They have now 55.5 millions , didnt say dollars or pesos.
Still it is a lot of money.
Probably the elias only got a box of choripan for the day….