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That's because you've spent your American life hearing about how Castro is the devil (because Cuba was allied with the USSR!) and hearing very little about Pino
by jbooth 16y ago
That's because you've spent your American life hearing about how Castro is the devil (because Cuba was allied with the USSR!) and hearing very little about Pinochet or any of the rest of Reagan's buddies.
I mean look at the comment I responded to, it sounded like they were running gas chambers in Cuba. I'm no defender of communism or non-democratic governments but just because someone wasn't allied with us doesn't necessarily make them more of a monster.
- hugh3 16y agoActually I asked for information on how Pinochet was worse than Castro, not just a repetition of the assertion that he was combined with a false assumption about my nationality. I don't claim to be an expert on South American dictators, but as far as I know the worst thing Pinochet did was to kill and imprison thousands of political dissidents, which is coincidentally also the worst thing that Castro did.
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- jbooth 16y agoYou've almost got it. Now think: How come for certain people, whenever Castro comes up we hear about how he was/is some exaggerated monster yet those people don't actually seem concerned about Latin Americans or any other monsters in Latin American history?
- hugh3 16y agoGeez, you're still not answering my question about how one was worse than the other, you're just responding with unwarranted patronization and innuendo about "certain people". I'm the one arguing they're both in the same ballpark. You're the one trying to argue Pinochet was worse.