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In reply to the discussion: The wild card in Venezuela: armed Chavistas [View all]Throd
(7,208 posts)98. Because the true believers always view any opposing idea as a counterattack
Militias need an enemy. If one doesn't materialize, they'll create one.
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From the first, the oligarchy's organized opposition has committed to their own violence
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#42
Remember the massacre of over 3,000 people which preceded that coup from the same President
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#56
Funny how no one thought these guys had 2nd Amendment rights. No NRA to support them. nt
kelliekat44
Mar 2013
#103
It's a good thing that so many people are standing up for their god-given rights and bucking...
harmonicon
Mar 2013
#12
They've prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol for the next week, until the funeral/mourning
MADem
Mar 2013
#20
right, because chavez either painted that himself or commissioned someone to paint it..
frylock
Mar 2013
#7
I don't know what to say if you don't find that image deeply disturbing.
Benton D Struckcheon
Mar 2013
#34
i'm still trying to understand chavez's culpability in the creation of this image..
frylock
Mar 2013
#36
Please go ahead and post some information on these people Hugo Chavez has murdered.
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#45
Well acquainted with their origin. I've posted articles on them for well over 10 years,
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#52
Like I said, you either choose to trust them or take the word of the Venezuelan government.
Benton D Struckcheon
Mar 2013
#53
His record is what we ALL, including the distinguished people who sent the HRW censure, regard
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#57
Hard to avoid acknowledging Guatemala and torture, after all the history, isn't it?
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#60
It also very well sums up the Tea Party and the reactionary right here at home.
bemildred
Mar 2013
#26
They're called self defense militias and EVERY left wing revolution........
socialist_n_TN
Mar 2013
#10
It depends on who they support and who provides funding for them..........
socialist_n_TN
Mar 2013
#85
What the mother-loving EFF!? How are we going to topple their govt. with assholes like these?
Poll_Blind
Mar 2013
#17
My immediate impression, too, when I saw this headline long before it was posted here.
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#55
My god, I just got back and looked at my post and saw I wrote "wrong" meaning "right".
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#67
do you really think Obama is that stupid? He did not go to Harvard & become president on his rich
wordpix
Mar 2013
#69
Based on that mural, these people are wackos and have no idea what Jesus is all about.
Pterodactyl
Mar 2013
#70
Poor people who are armed are less easy to destroy. The oligarchy wants power back.
Selatius
Mar 2013
#76
If this was about some armed Tea Party militia, I have a feeling the comments would be different
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#78
The Venezuelan shantytown dwellers in the hills above Caracas were slaughtered
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#79
If any people needed a militia to protect themselves from their would be conquerors
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2013
#86