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Personally, I don't give a rat's ass what the Miami Cuban community thinks about Castro.
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Posted by Earl j. Slick on 2012-04-14 10:15:45

In Reply to: perhaps but Castro was very up close and personal posted by DC Warrior on 2012-04-13 10:25:25

I'm tired of them driving policy on Cuba, which is basically a joke.

I also understand from what I read that the "Miami Cuban community" is actually divided on the issue, and that it's the older folk who harbor the hate while the younger generations think the obsession is unhealthy.

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more on Cuban-Americans' feelings towards Castro and Hitler comparisons - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 07:23:26 (104 views)

I rather liked this summary by Charles Pierce. - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-14 10:11:29 (69 views)

Lol at Minute Maid Venceremos Stadium. - BackseatGM 2012-04-14 10:55:22 (51 views)

You know he's basically right though. It would get sponsored. - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-14 13:27:08 (68 views)

Who killed more people, Bush or Castro? - Dick Nikon 2012-04-13 09:55:56 (100 views)

Stupid question. About par for the course here though. - gsw_hoops 2012-04-13 10:34:43 (89 views)

Why is it stupid? - nomad 2012-04-13 19:44:39 (52 views)

No one's making you come here. Feel free to go where you like the questions more. - BackseatGM 2012-04-13 17:38:38 (62 views)

Actually how many people did FDR kill and why? - gribble the mispost master 2012-04-13 10:45:15 (81 views)

I'm not making that claim, so I don't care. - gsw_hoops 2012-04-13 10:47:08 (61 views)

We know you don't care. It is part of your lack of charm. - gribble the mispost master 2012-04-13 10:49:08 (61 views)

I didn't ask the stupid question; I just pointed out that it was one. - gsw_hoops 2012-04-13 10:51:52 (58 views)

No, you pointed out that you thought it was stupid. Which lets us know once again you are not a - gribble the mispost master 2012-04-13 11:16:10 (83 views)

....and it's not even close. - playmaker 2012-04-13 10:10:43 (62 views)

perhaps but Castro was very up close and personal - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 10:25:25 (89 views)

Personally, I don't give a rat's ass what the Miami Cuban community thinks about Castro. - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-14 10:15:45 (58 views)

They not only drive Cuba policy but Florida politics - Dick Nikon 2012-04-14 11:55:22 (59 views)

Yeah, that too. - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-14 13:27:52 (61 views)

you can think it's stupid but it is the reality. - DC Warrior 2012-04-16 06:46:33 (49 views)

It's reality that people suck up to them, yes. - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-16 17:01:17 (55 views)

Yeah, but he didn't torture YOUR uncle - DC Warrior 2012-04-16 21:42:18 (50 views)

so "Hitler" is code for the government killing someone's family? - shikantaza 2012-04-13 10:58:41 (68 views)

I think you are missing the point completely. - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 11:14:14 (81 views)

I see what you're saying and I still think it's sensationalism... - shikantaza 2012-04-13 11:19:36 (74 views)

I met some Holocaust survivors - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 11:28:23 (87 views)

Similar thing with the Vietnamese-American community and the country they fled - dc 2012-04-13 11:36:06 (68 views)

Part of my opinion is just colored by the fact that everyone always goes to Hitler - shikantaza 2012-04-13 11:33:12 (79 views)

better analogy would be Mao-Taiwan or Khomeini-Persians - heathcliff 2012-04-16 13:48:33 (60 views)

any up-close and personal things, where those left behind suffered, yes - DC Warrior 2012-04-16 16:13:44 (51 views)

Do they? - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-14 15:52:31 (122 views)

Stop Quisling him, Hitlearl! - nomad 2012-04-14 20:22:35 (53 views)

But he's the poster child. His name is synonymus with brutal genocide just like Gandhi's is with - BackseatGM 2012-04-13 18:06:53 (67 views)

Right. Of course Saddam (frx) isn't on par with Hitler, but who really attains that Platonic Ideal? - nomad 2012-04-13 19:42:22 (65 views)

right... I think genocidaires can rightfully be compared to Hitler; Castro never committed genocide - shikantaza 2012-04-15 15:15:00 (57 views)

Agreed - nomad 2012-04-17 15:36:40 (52 views)

Great word, you should be proud of yourself (unreasonably, of course). - BackseatGM 2012-04-13 21:52:16 (48 views)

agreed on the overuse. - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 12:54:25 (65 views)

So why did you feel it necessary to bring up the prior regime, - gsw_hoops 2012-04-13 10:51:01 (80 views)

it's not a game - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 11:22:03 (88 views)

Obviously, all of the people who have fled other countries to - gsw_hoops 2012-04-13 12:01:24 (80 views)

That was fucking amazing. - Earl j. Slick 2012-04-14 15:49:54 (60 views)

Lenin = Batista = current Cuban Americans, Stalin = Castro - DC Warrior 2012-04-13 12:57:30 (85 views)

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