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64. My opinion is he is irrelevant

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:32 PM

Mar 2013

The US makes to big a deal of his person, be it from the left or the right. Either demon or saint. Life is not that simple.

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DU ONLY, what did your reacts about president Hugo Chavez died? [View all] nmbluesky Mar 2013 OP

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Something about an oil strike and shooting. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #6

I took a semester of stupid once. Common Sense Party Mar 2013 #7

..... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2013 #20

Did you take it at Jerry Fallwell University? They are so good at stupid. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #31

Perfect response malaise Mar 2013 #15

Wow, that's rude. This is a wonderful DU member who's first language is not cbayer Mar 2013 #44

+ a brazillion elehhhhna Mar 2013 #46

The grammar and syntax were only minor. Common Sense Party Mar 2013 #57

You mocked his english and called him stupid. You did not challenge his facts. cbayer Mar 2013 #60

+1000! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #58

Well, there's an egregious and insulting post. MineralMan Mar 2013 #63

wether the CIA did him in. you know like they tried with Castro boomer55 Mar 2013 #3

I was sad the first couple of times he died, but now i'm just meh. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2013 #4

I was shocked. I worry for the Venezuelan people Whisp Mar 2013 #8

Me too. A country with oil is always alsame Mar 2013 #18

All kidding aside I was thinking about the people. They are the ones who will be screwed. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #32

exactly. Carolina Mar 2013 #65

My reaction? Marrah_G Mar 2013 #9

I remember his kindness to many New Englanders a few years back who could not afford heating oil. monmouth3 Mar 2013 #10

He's been ery kind to all his neighbours malaise Mar 2013 #16

+1 Little Star Mar 2013 #52

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+1,000 malaise Mar 2013 #17

Seriously? I am too... fadedrose Mar 2013 #24

The majority of calls, texts and FB messages on our radio stations malaise Mar 2013 #29

That alone raises his star in my book...n/t monmouth3 Mar 2013 #37

Rest in peace, Hugo fadedrose Mar 2013 #25

+ Whisp Mar 2013 #26

Remembering Cheney's foaming outrage madamesilverspurs Mar 2013 #12

Yes, because the CIA are SOOOOO effective these days, right? Common Sense Party Mar 2013 #13

Who said anything about CIA? madamesilverspurs Mar 2013 #14

From respect for my LOVED DUers who are idealistic about him, I have stayed out of their threads UTUSN Mar 2013 #19

Co sider me with a deferent opinion...Chavez was a hero for the POOR angstlessk Mar 2013 #22

Neither one of us needs each other's (or anybody's) permission to have our own opinion. n/t UTUSN Mar 2013 #23

"calling fellow DUers names for daring to have a differing opinion" rdharma Mar 2013 #40

Oil workers belonged to the oligarchy...AND HE DID NOT SHOOT THEM! angstlessk Mar 2013 #21

What? LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #27

I am worried about the inevitable onslaught of the oiligarchs.. annabanana Mar 2013 #28

I remember when he kept Americans in New England warm freckleface Mar 2013 #30

The CIA and MIC are weeping at the loss of a bogeyman they can claim is a threat. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #33

'DU ONLY'? Who else do you think is going to reply to you here? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #34

Well...alll the resteses of the internetsesz, of course! n/t A HERETIC I AM Mar 2013 #53

I'm thankful that I had the relative luxury of not having to fully support him Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #35

So, you "remember" hearing that Chavez ordered shootings of oil workers in 2004? ......... rdharma Mar 2013 #36

And he didn't remember Condi et al announcing that he had been deposed malaise Mar 2013 #38

Mixed, but I do think he became a tyrant Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #39

"glorifying a man who was involved in a lot of things that we decry in our own country" rdharma Mar 2013 #41

It is not rightist to believe in freedom of the press Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #42

Examples? rdharma Mar 2013 #48

I have mixed feelings because his legacy is so mixed. cbayer Mar 2013 #45

"ignore those that are rude to you" rdharma Mar 2013 #49

That's a whole different issue. cbayer Mar 2013 #50

"comment was not directed at you or your response" rdharma Mar 2013 #54

"We all got it comin'" is my reaction to his death. As for what he has accomplished, Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #47

sad heather blossom Mar 2013 #51

i am always happy when tyrants meet their demise scheming daemons Mar 2013 #55

then your happiness is displaced Carolina Mar 2013 #66

Been expecting this for four days nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #56

Meh. sakabatou Mar 2013 #59

No opinion, I'm sure he left behind family that loved him very much Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #61

A mí no me interesa. MineralMan Mar 2013 #62

My opinion is he is irrelevant Fearless Mar 2013 #64

"Shit - are they going to talk about this ALL DAY?" Then I switched stations a bunch. nt jmg257 Mar 2013 #67