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> Beauvoir described meeting Fidel Castro, “a truly exceptional man of intelligence, warmth, vitality, and it is overwhelming when you walk with him to see how
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
> Beauvoir described meeting Fidel Castro, “a truly exceptional man of intelligence, warmth, vitality, and it is overwhelming when you walk with him to see how much the people adore him”.
Sounds like she was also attracted to despicable human beings as well.
- tomcam 6y agoDownvoters should be aware that Castro and Che were bloodthirsty, homophobic, freedom-hating killers who imprisoned journalists by the boatload and literally sent their worst criminals to us on flimsy boats. Of course they "adored" him. That's how you act around a dictator, because you'll be tossed in the gulags if you don't--often, your family too.