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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:59 PM Original message |
Why do people hate Castro so much? Still? |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Florida is a swing state |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. whoa |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good old fashioned hubris. They just can't stomach that he's WINNING |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's that whole pesky... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You talking about the U.S or Cuba? |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. US--Not everyone in Cuba does hate him do they? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No...I was talking about executing people and arresting folks for dissent |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Oh right....sorry ; ) |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Maybe Castro is the monster he is portrayed as. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. really |
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JimmyJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. If you are planning to try to defend |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Disagree |
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JimmyJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. this is what I am repeating: |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Well I am not intending to "defend" him. I really want to know. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. They don't...it is a load of propaganda. |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Hey, let's do that here! |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Yeah my friend was talking about Cuba and made the comment it was sad |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Thoughtful post, thanks... |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Thank you for the welcome. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was young back then but I remember we were perhaps |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. What the hell is the difference between Castro and Saddam? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. more appropos, what is the difference between cuba & china? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. That's not the only reason |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. elections? |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Does anyone have a legitimate and objective site that claims he has killed |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Castro has a beard ..... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because they are woefully misinformed about Castro and Cuba in general. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Quite right. But, it's so much easier and PC to remain ignorant. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. IMHO, it's pretty cowardly to accept the propaganda. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I totally agree. But, they need a bogeyman. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It is possible to visit Cuba legally. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Faux & friends were laughing this morning when they showed castro falling |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. So, the "moderates" can show the RW'rs they're not one of them Reds. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. Whatever his merits, he has been in office too long |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. As dictators go, he's not all that bad |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. But still a dictator |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. Castro tumbled and broke some bones. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Rich Cuban Expatriots |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yeah, the aristocrats of the Batista regime |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. I don't hate Castro, in fact I respect him. |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Castro's a monster. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Why do you say that? |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. Because he stole their profiteering constructs in favor of the populace's |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because the Miami Crybabies cry long and loud |
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nine23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. Because he pissed on the parade. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. same reason we hate everyone else |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Here's why Cuba is "bad" and China is "good," even though |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yup |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Or other Latin American countries... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. ta-daa! |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm going to Cuba for Christmas |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
46. I do not respect any dictator |
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secular_warrior (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
47. I have zero respect for thugs - left, right or center |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. They're pissed off at all the money they could have made the last 50 years |
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Democracy Died 2004 (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. I am not sure most people |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
51. Castro this Castro that |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. Castri isn't a paragon of virtue |
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