If the 99% are dumb enough to get all emo over this flag flap (pun)

[a la izquierda]

54. I'm going to hope that you're not blaming the victims of the Guatemalan Civil War...

If you have the guts to do that, then wow: "And I am well aware of the history of Guatamala/El Salvador and elsewhere. They didn't start out being what they became. Maybe if people had stood up before it was too late, things might have been different."
I'll skip passing judgement, because I have to hope that no one on DU would actually suggest that it was Guatemalan Mayans' fault for not standing up against their military, government, and the US.


No, I've never in my whole life had to deal with a single person I love or care about having been arrested (and I'm not being sarcastic). My friends and family are pretty vanilla. I'm related to a couple of lawyers, which I think generally has helped me out of certain jams.

My point-and I think you know it- was if that people were sending messages to loved ones, they are not disappeared. What you've described above is quite different. Those being held in detention for days on end, without word of their condition/situation- that is being disappeared, from the perspective of the person involved and their friends. And it's disgusting and wrong.

But what you described in the original post was someone who was disappeared, but had sent a message on the internet. I reacted to hyperbole.