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News: Fidel Castro Dies at 90
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A new era starts for Cuba now 
Hopefully his brother gets kicked out.
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Member Since: 6/20/2012
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
People here demanding whoever has a positive opinion on him to be warned and banned, so much for being against a "tyrant" 
And I have no sympathy for American-Cubans, they're conservative, privileged and most importantly voted for Trump. |
This isn't a country, it's a pop forum, hunty. Speech is censored, regulated & supervised so it meets certain guidelines and standards that are coherent with the community. No, that isn't "tyranny" and the equivalency you made is embarrassing. 
Cuban-Americans have been nearly evenly split, by the way; not all of them are conservatives, and even the ones who are have their reasons of escaping a communist regime that destroyed their lives, businesses, houses, families, etc. -- It only makes sense that they tilt to cast their ballots for whoever proposes the most capitalist-friendly policies.
Shame on you for admittedly showing no empathy towards a slice of society that has suffered so much in the past, just because their political ideology doesn't always match yours.
I am disgusted.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Rip KING!
He single handlely saved Cuba from ending like Puerto Rico, an American colony with no autonomy!
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
This isn't a country, it's a pop forum, hunty. Speech is censored, regulated & supervised so it meets certain guidelines and standards that are coherent with the community. No, that isn't "tyranny" and the equivalency you made is embarrassing. |
Yes... but its not a place that censors political opinion.
Castro has been called 'a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades' by Trump. An '“an evil, murderous dictator' by Rubio. A 'brutal Communist dictator' by Ted Cruz.
Yet, he's been called a:
'remarkable leader' by Justin Trudeau, with 'tremendous dedication and love [for] the Cuban people'.
An ' iconic personality of the 20th century. who was a 'great friend' by the Prime Minister of India.
A 'giant among global leaders whose view was not only one of freedom for his people but for all of the oppressed and excluded peoples on the planet' by the President of Ireland.
A 'a great man of our time' by the President of China.
A ' 'champion of social justice'' by the leader of the UK Labour Party.
Are all these people bad and uneducated on Castro? Would you ban them from ATRL? 
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Member Since: 6/20/2012
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Originally posted by Jacketh
Yes... but its not a place that censors political opinion.
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Actually, that's not true. Many political opinions, Nazi/Hitler praise for example, would most likely be censored and prohibited throughout the forum. The observations made earlier simply highlighted how sensitive the topic is considering the large negative impact it had/still has on people's lives, with multiple motions as to how it could be treated (ask them to stop, threadban them, etc.) -- it's not that big of a deal, and it's certainly not "tyranny" like that person implied.
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Originally posted by Jacketh
'remarkable leader' by Justin Trudeau, with 'tremendous dedication and love [for] the Cuban people'.
An ' iconic personality of the 20th century. who was a 'great friend' by the Prime Minister of India.
A 'giant among global leaders whose view was not only one of freedom for his people but for all of the oppressed and excluded peoples on the planet' by the President of Ireland.
A 'a great man of our time' by the President of China.
A ' 'champion of social justice'' by the leader of the UK Labour Party.
Are all these people bad and uneducated on Castro? Would you ban them from ATRL? |
They're not uneducated and we've admitted that he's done some good things.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by retromaury
Rip KING!
He single handlely saved Cuba from ending like Puerto Rico, an American colony with no autonomy!
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??? Puerto Rico is free to pick whether it wants to leave the USA Stop acting like we're forcibly being controlled by the USA against our will.
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Member Since: 6/7/2005
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
The #edgy people trying to bring up the "good" things Castro had done during his lifetime need to be threadbanned or directly told to stop. This is a very sensitive topic, particularly to many Cuban exiles and their families/friends.
People lost their lives, homes, businesses, friends and family members, only for someone to barge in with "some human rights violations *but* (...)"
Enough.
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Originally posted by Green
Nicolas Maduro: Nos toca seguir el legado de independencia de Fidel Castro
Hell can't wait for you too 
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Not yet though! He needs to spend some decades behind bars first!
Chávez had it too easy. 
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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Originally posted by heckinglovato
This isn't a country, it's a pop forum, hunty. Speech is censored, regulated & supervised so it meets certain guidelines and standards that are coherent with the community. No, that isn't "tyranny" and the equivalency you made is embarrassing.
Cuban-Americans have been nearly evenly split, by the way; not all of them are conservatives, and even the ones who are have their reasons of escaping a communist regime that destroyed their lives, businesses, houses, families, etc. -- It only makes sense that they tilt to cast their ballots for whoever proposes the most capitalist-friendly policies.
Shame on you for admittedly showing no empathy towards a slice of society that has suffered so much in the past, just because their political ideology doesn't always match yours.
I am disgusted. |
I don't care if you don't like him. I don't care if some Cuban-Americans don't like him. It doesn't give you the right to dictate what should or shouldn't be said here.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
I don't care if you don't like him. I don't care if some Cuban-Americans don't like him. It doesn't give you the right to dictate what should or shouldn't be said here. |
Right.
Its sad so many people would prefer to silence things in the name of offensiveness, rather than combat them through debate or discussion. Its a big problem with the left. In the UK, a lot of universities now can't invite people who are deemed 'extremists': https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-speech-rhodes
You never change someone's opinion by silencing them or punishing them. That only makes it worse.
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Member Since: 3/14/2012
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
I don't care if you don't like him. I don't care if some Cuban-Americans don't like him. It doesn't give you the right to dictate what should or shouldn't be said here. |
First of all, u r very insensitive jus because da Cubans voted for Tru p, once again, da Democrats have done nothing for da Cubans and u expect dem to vote for dem smh
Second I've had family jailed and killed by Castro so I need u to shut da **** up.
I could care less about ur uneducated opinion, go read a book and learn u butt hurt piece of ****
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
People here demanding whoever has a positive opinion on him to be warned and banned, so much for being against a "tyrant"
And I have no sympathy for American-Cubans, they're conservative, privileged and most importantly voted for Trump. |
They're both horrible. But if someone were to say something along the lines of "yea trump is a bigot but look at some the positive things he's done: ____", I'm sure you'd drag them to hell. I know I would.
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Member Since: 3/14/2012
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Ugh is da rumor dat Obama will attend da funeral true?
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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Originally posted by dabunique
First of all, u r very insensitive jus because da Cubans voted for Tru p, once again, da Democrats have done nothing for da Cubans and u expect dem to vote for dem smh
Second I've had family jailed and killed by Castro so I need u to shut da **** up.
I could care less about ur uneducated opinion, go read a book and learn u butt hurt piece of ****
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The Democrats have done more than enough, they are the ones trying to end this crippling embargo, the real reason for the suffering in the country. If Cuban-Americans really cared about Cuba, they would support it too. But instead they prefer to hold on to decades long grudges while they live the good life in the US and Cubans suffer.
I don't know your family and you don't know me either so let's try to respect each other. I never said I supported the killings.
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Member Since: 7/21/2012
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Originally posted by RihannasVeryOwn
That's not a reason to hate him |
When you defy every president, Democrat or Republican, from the 1950s to the 2010s, then yes that is a reason to hate him. It means he has no respect for democracy or America.
Americans, who are very patriotic, are happy for this reason.
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Member Since: 3/14/2012
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
The Democrats have done more than enough, they are the ones trying to end this crippling embargo, the real reason for the suffering in the country. If Cuban-Americans really cared about Cuba, they would support it too. But instead they prefer to hold on to decades long grudges while they live the good life in the US and Cubans suffer.
I don't know your family and you don't know me either so let's try to respect each other. I never said I supported the killings. |
Bitch u jus said u have no sympathy for da Cubans, including myself.
Once again, lifting da embargo dat only helps da regime and not da people
Read a book please I beg u
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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Originally posted by dabunique
Bitch u jus said u have no sympathy for da Cubans, including myself.
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I said Cuban-Americans who are conservative and voted for Trump. Are you one of them? If not, chill.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Long lived legend
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