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For this thread I'm focusing on the claim that "Chavez tortured most of his opponents" and that he is supposedly comparable to Pot Pol (again a guy probably kil
by quonn 10y ago
For this thread I'm focusing on the claim that "Chavez tortured most of his opponents" and that he is supposedly comparable to Pot Pol (again a guy probably killed 1.6 human beings). These claims are ridiculous.
Reports about occasional police violence (can even happen in the US) and single cases of torture (not from a reputable source) are not enough for such a broad claim.
- nailer 10y agoAgain: I'm simply grouping well known violent leaders, I am not comparing the scale of their violence. Pol Pot is also very different from Mao: again, that doesn't change the point about far-left leaders using violence existing or that most mainstream left folk wouldn't support this. Are you saying that Chavez isn't a torturer or that the BBC isn't a reliable source? If so I think I'll end this conversation here.