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Originally posted by Darren-5-08
Trudeau is being dragged to the pits around the world for what he said... Check #trudeaueulogies for a kii and a cackle.
The President of China praise is basically one leader of a one-party state praising the (former) leader of another one-party state who came to power with the same socialist ideology.
As for Jeremy Corbyn Here you deserve a dragging. I mean, come on. The Conservatives are a damn mess right now and STILL have the sort of polling numbers that would deliver the biggest Tory landslide in over 60 years. Add to that the fact that his comments have seen him criticised by every major broadcaster for adulation of a dictator and downright hypocrisy. The man needs to go, but is clinging on to the Labour leadership against everyone's wishes because he is too pressed to see how unpopular he is. To be fair, seeing the similarities, his praise of Castro isn't unexpected
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None of what you're saying here combats the point I'm making: he is someone that divides opinion. Even Obama put out a balanced press release - so did Boris Johnson.I think its universally established the guy did plenty of wrong and evil. But at the same time, he was also a guy fighting for control of his country - history tells us that rarely goes smoothly. In addition to that, he was under constant threat of being assassinated for the simple fact he wanted nothing to do with the US.
Even the Pope sent his condolences.
All I'm saying is that people look at Castro (particularly Americans) far too black and white. Yes, he did plenty of wrong. But you sometimes need to look at wrong in context. Simple fact of the matter is, you don't get the Pope sending you condolences and most world leaders sending condolences of respect/admiration from all over the world - whether it be India, China, Canada, or the US, if you're 100% evil. The only people with that view are the likes of Trump, Rubio and Cruz - and I think that is quite telling. But if people want to trust their judgement, then okay.