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malaise

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92. How the Cuban people feel

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #81)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 02:35 PM

Nov 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/havana-mourning-cubans-fidelista-fidel-castro

Wish I could post that pic

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I loved Fidel [View all] malaise Nov 2016 OP

Those who care about Human Rights despised him Riftaxe Nov 2016 #1

I'm trying not to laugh malaise Nov 2016 #2

So did the non-racist, non-oligarchal Cubans. Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #11

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Nov 2016 #12

as long as they weren't gay dsc Nov 2016 #102

This. nt Laffy Kat Nov 2016 #109

"I loved Fidel - that simple." Love is irrational. You have placed yourself outside of reason. Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #34

You're wrong malaise Nov 2016 #38

But that is different, Malaise. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #104

Read malaise Nov 2016 #110

And remember that all the world is considered a US area of vital interest. eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #112

favouring one evil over another is fucked up Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #3

Cuba has the best educated and healthiest population in our hemisphere malaise Nov 2016 #4

ludicrous Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #6

Thank you Dem2 Nov 2016 #95

BFD, they can't do anything with that education. They can hardly EAT. They cannot own their own secondwind Nov 2016 #8

"Owning a business" has nothing to do with freedom. ronnie624 Nov 2016 #71

Well said malaise Nov 2016 #98

israel has a good education system also JI7 Nov 2016 #64

True n/t malaise Nov 2016 #68

As long as the student is..................? guillaumeb Nov 2016 #105

Not a... malaise Nov 2016 #111

True, not a .........eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #113

1 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2016 #117

Post removed Post removed Nov 2016 #5

His people would disagree with you, malaise. Big time.. He separated families, ripped children from secondwind Nov 2016 #7

Are you unware it was the CIA who created that rumor which got the middle & upper class parents, Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #18

... 2naSalit Nov 2016 #69

Excellent information flamingdem Nov 2016 #89

Brava! pangaia Nov 2016 #107

Right on! burrowowl Nov 2016 #125

Only kings and dictators rule for 60 years hack89 Nov 2016 #9

Here's some objectivity: he is worth just short of A BILLION. while his country starved... secondwind Nov 2016 #10

Mitch McConnell is worth millions and some people in the mountains of mfcorey1 Nov 2016 #24

And you love McConnell for it? NCTraveler Nov 2016 #33

I don't know how you came to that conclusion. My point is that mfcorey1 Nov 2016 #53

But they are "free" to starve. eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #106

Someone already tried to plant that "wisdom" from Forbes years ago, and it wasn't true then, either. Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #27

I don't know much about Castro... tecelote Nov 2016 #13

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Nov 2016 #16

My dear Malaise, while healthcare is available to all, it is not that simple.. In Cuba, secondwind Nov 2016 #14

Say, do you have a link to a truthful source about that tragic sob-fest breakdown at a mall? Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #28

ROFL malaise Nov 2016 #85

I agree Sunsky Nov 2016 #15

Good post malaise Nov 2016 #20

Sounds good.. whathehell Nov 2016 #77

OK this denbot Nov 2016 #130

Castro was a lot better than what he replaced. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #17

The Guardian had a recent report on Churchill's coup in then malaise Nov 2016 #21

It is simple. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2016 #19

Yes indeed malaise Nov 2016 #22

The US Navy used to use Cuba as a Rest and Relaxation port. Really whooped it up for a while! Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #29

Thanks for this.. whathehell Nov 2016 #82

He was an authoritarian dictator with little respect for human rights Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2016 #23

Sounds like what Donald Drumpf and the blameless media have mfcorey1 Nov 2016 #25

His greatest crime was overthrowing Batista HerrKarlMarx Nov 2016 #26

2 wrongs do not make a right Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #30

A wiser president would have at least tried to co opt him. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #51

Our CIA supplied weapons to Castro... kentuck Nov 2016 #31

Also enabled Posada and his buddy burrowowl Nov 2016 #126

Couldn't sleep, so listened to NPR, VERY early Equinox Moon Nov 2016 #32

Yeah healthcare, education, social programs etc etc Elmergantry Nov 2016 #35

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh malaise Nov 2016 #37

It was an odd comment from "Elmergantry" to my comment Equinox Moon Nov 2016 #41

Precisely malaise Nov 2016 #44

His second GREATEST CRIME HAB911 Nov 2016 #36

ROFL malaise Nov 2016 #39

These almost-rightwingers are pissed HAB911 Nov 2016 #40

Freedom of expression and assembly? oberliner Nov 2016 #42

They (cuban runners) have ruined our country HAB911 Nov 2016 #43

Not the Palestinians malaise Nov 2016 #46

Castro's treatment of the Cuban people was similar to the Israeli treatment of Palestinians oberliner Nov 2016 #47

Huh? malaise Nov 2016 #49

You seemed to be making a comparison to the Palestinians oberliner Nov 2016 #50

United Fruit Company OneBlueDotBama Nov 2016 #65

Hehehehehhe malaise Nov 2016 #66

When I was there, the locals' opinions were divided DFW Nov 2016 #45

He hated America, that's all it should take for us to love him. ileus Nov 2016 #48

Who hated first? He ran United Fruit and the mafia out of Cuba. United Fruit was Dulles's baby. Zen Democrat Nov 2016 #55

I hope he rots on hell, frankly... Adrahil Nov 2016 #52

what cenobites do you think he will Choose to be? stonecutter357 Nov 2016 #54

I have to admit, Malaise, the news of his death actually makes me kind of sad Siwsan Nov 2016 #56

Nice post malaise Nov 2016 #59

The CBC and BBC have become my new 'go to' news sources Siwsan Nov 2016 #60

Same here malaise Nov 2016 #63

His thousands of victims are comforted by your love of a brutal fascist. Statistical Nov 2016 #57

Love/Hate - both are simplistic cabot Nov 2016 #58

Diego Maradona on Fidel malaise Nov 2016 #62

K and r. cwydro Nov 2016 #61

Folks in Cuba today malaise Nov 2016 #116

I grew up in a dictatorship. Good riddance to him. brooklynite Nov 2016 #67

Which dictatorship was that? whathehell Nov 2016 #84

Philippines in the 1970s brooklynite Nov 2016 #108

Oh yes. whathehell Nov 2016 #118

Curfew, press censorship, travel bans, suspended civil rights... brooklynite Nov 2016 #123

My family fled Mao's China. Dead communists are always cause for celebration. name not needed Nov 2016 #70

I hated that he treated people the same way we do. tenderfoot Nov 2016 #72

For better or worse, he was a larger than life historical figure. roamer65 Nov 2016 #73

I wish I had your rose colored glasses nini Nov 2016 #74

Others have stood up to the global bully sarisataka Nov 2016 #75

1000 heaven05 Nov 2016 #76

Were any of those people free to leave? Dreamer Tatum Nov 2016 #78

K&R Uponthegears Nov 2016 #79

PS: Castro won Arazi Nov 2016 #80

I agree. The US finally let up flamingdem Nov 2016 #90

We are continually cilla4progress Nov 2016 #81

How the Cuban people feel malaise Nov 2016 #92

Here's the photo from that article for you... countryjake Nov 2016 #96

Speaks volumes in the face of ugly malaise Nov 2016 #97

You've phrased that perfectly! countryjake Nov 2016 #99

LOL malaise Nov 2016 #101

Ahem.... Adrahil Nov 2016 #83

During the Cuban missile crisis rusty fender Nov 2016 #86

Urged? The US nuked malaise Nov 2016 #87

pearl harbor WWII JI7 Nov 2016 #100

Thank you Malaise for risking that opinion on DU today! flamingdem Nov 2016 #88

It was easy - I too am a neighbor malaise Nov 2016 #91

It's a pleasure to find your post here, malaise! countryjake Nov 2016 #93

Love you back malaise Nov 2016 #94

Recommended. But he will also be judged for his position on human rights. eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #103

True - here's Corbyn's tribute malaise Nov 2016 #114

Castro is burning in hell for all the people he exiled, imprisoned and killed LittleBlue Nov 2016 #115

I have to respectfully disagree. Castro was a dictator which goes against everything madinmaryland Nov 2016 #119

What a joke malaise Nov 2016 #120

Yeah... madinmaryland Nov 2016 #121

JEB did hand over Florida to his brother n/t malaise Nov 2016 #122

Actually no, we have these things called elections here in Fla EX500rider Nov 2016 #124

Then cleaarly you didn't follow the 2000 election n/t malaise Nov 2016 #128

I'm gonna rec this... SMC22307 Nov 2016 #127

Poor lil Marco - Justin Trudeau has him all upset malaise Nov 2016 #129

Freely expressing opinion melman Nov 2016 #131