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Judi Lynn

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109. Shrieking, and calling people "communists" is something the Miami mobs ALWAYS do!
Sat Oct 20, 2018, 08:17 PM
Oct 2018

Last edited Sat Oct 20, 2018, 08:52 PM - Edit history (2)

They do it so often it has lost a lot of its impact to people who know about these loons!

Here's an example of how they behaved during a trip to Miami by a Cuban musical group, "Los Van Van":

The Miami Herald
October 10, 1999


The band plays on as protest fails to deter Van Van's fans
BY MANNY GARCIA, JORDAN LEVIN AND PETER WHORISKEY

The Cuban dance band Los Van Van played Miami Arena on Saturday night, but not
without inciting a vast show of anger by protesters, who greeted concert goers by
spitting at them, yelling obscenities and throwing eggs, rocks and bottles.

By night's end nearly 50 Miami police officers had donned riot gear. One journalist
had been knocked unconscious by a rock, and five people had been arrested, one
charged with battery on a police officer. Three of them had been detained after trying
to storm the arena while waving Cuban flags.

Police bearing shields and riot helmets escorted one group of concert-goers to the
Metrorail station nearby.

``Things have gotten a little disruptive,'' Angel Calzadilla, spokesman for Miami Police,
said. ``We had a larger crowd than we anticipated. Our big concern is that rocks
don't discriminate.''

. . .

Miami police had clearly anticipated trouble. In the late afternoon, as the first
demonstrators began assembling, police could be seen throughout the neighborhood:
on the street, on the roof of the arena and the roof of the Arena Towers next door, and
on horseback. Some set up barricades. Others closed roads. Dogs sniffed for
bombs.

. . .

One man wearing a Van Van T-shirt walked to the entrance of the arena and
shook his left fist at the crowd and said: ``Viva Los Van Van!''

MUTUAL SCORN

The crowd of exiles started screaming: ``Die, you communist pig! Die, you son of
a bitch!''

At 6:05 p.m., a woman in a miniskirt and black high heels walked half-way up the
arena steps, then stopped, waved her ticket and stuck out her tongue at the
crowd. She then ascended to the arena's front door, let the breeze lift her skirt,
and shook her white lace panties at enraged onlookers.

``Jinetera!'' the crowd yelled.

Soon, the crowd had begun to throw rocks, bottles and eggs at concert-goers.
About 24 officers in riot gear appeared outside the arena.

. . .

Others pressed on, despite the trouble, if only to prove a point.

As Mario Garcia arrived, the crowd yelled: ``Communist, male prostitute, gigolo
and whore.''

More:
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/music/protest.htm

~ ~ ~

A list from the Miami New Times published during the time Elian Gonzalez was being kept from returning to his father and brother, 4 grandparents, many aunts and uncles, many cousins, neighbors, school friends, etc. at the home of his chronic alchoholic great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzales in Little Havana, Miami:

. . .

Phrases like "mob rule" evoke frightening images of violence, which in turn sends Miami's damage-control specialists rushing to the microphones and insisting to the world that the Cuban-exile community is peace-loving, law-abiding, and (with emphasis now) nonviolent. Miami Mayor Joe Carollo in particular has been tireless in promoting that message. "Miami has been a peaceful, nonviolent community," he stressed to CNN last week. The historical record, however, clearly contradicts those assertions.

Lawless violence and intimidation have been hallmarks of el exilio for more than 30 years. Given that fact, it's not only understandable many people would be deeply worried, it's prudent to be worried. Of course it goes without saying that the majority of Cuban Americans in Miami do not sanction violence, but its long tradition within the exile community cannot be ignored and cannot simply be wished away.

1968 From MacArthur Causeway, pediatrician Orlando Bosch fires bazooka at a Polish freighter. (City of Miami later declares "Orlando Bosch Day." Federal agents will jail him in 1988.)

1972 Julio Iglesias, performing at a local nightclub, says he wouldn't mind "singing in front of Cubans." Audience erupts in anger. Singer requires police escort. Most radio stations drop Iglesias from playlists. One that doesn't, Radio Alegre, receives bomb threats.

1974 Exile leader José Elias de la Torriente murdered in his Coral Gables home after failing to carry out a planned invasion of Cuba.

1974 Bomb blast guts the office of Spanish-language magazine Replica.

1974 Several small Cuban businesses, citing threats, stop selling Replica.

1974 Three bombs explode near a Spanish-language radio station.

1974 Hector Diaz Limonta and Arturo Rodriguez Vives murdered in internecine exile power struggles.

1975 Luciano Nieves murdered after advocating peaceful coexistence with Cuba.

1975 Another bomb damages Replica's office.

1976 Rolando Masferrer and Ramon Donestevez murdered in internecine exile power struggles.

1976 Car bomb blows off legs of WQBA-AM news director Emilio Milian after he publicly condemns exile violence.

1977 Juan José Peruyero murdered in internecine exile power struggles.

1979 Cuban film Memories of Underdevelopment interrupted by gunfire and physical violence instigated by two exile groups.

1979 Bomb discovered at Padron Cigars, whose owner helped negotiate release of 3600 Cuban political prisoners.

1979 Bomb explodes at Padron Cigars.

1980 Another bomb explodes at Padron Cigars.

1980 Powerful anti-personnel bomb discovered at American Airways Charter, which arranges flights to Cuba.

1981 Bomb explodes at Mexican Consulate on Brickell Avenue in protest of relations with Cuba.

1981 Replica's office again damaged by a bomb.

1982 Two outlets of Hispania Interamericana, which ships medicine to Cuba, attacked by gunfire.

1982 Bomb explodes at Venezuelan Consulate in downtown Miami in protest of relations with Cuba.

1982 Bomb discovered at Nicaraguan Consulate.

1982 Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre defends $10,000 grant to exile commando group Alpha 66 by noting that the organization "has never been accused of terrorist activities inside the United States."

1983 Another bomb discovered at Replica.

1983 Another bomb explodes at Padron Cigars.

1983 Bomb explodes at Paradise International, which arranges travel to Cuba.

1983 Bomb explodes at Little Havana office of Continental National Bank, one of whose executives, Bernardo Benes, helped negotiate release of 3600 Cuban political prisoners.

1983 Miami City Commissioner Demetrio Perez seeks to honor exile terrorist Juan Felipe de la Cruz, accidentally killed while assembling a bomb. (Perez is now a member of the Miami-Dade County Public School Board and owner of the Lincoln-Martí private school where Elian Gonzalez is enrolled.)

More:
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/mullin-6367332

(The violence continues, of course, and so much has happened since the article was written.)

Video of a Los Van Van performance at a Miami auditorium years ago:



On edit, found a Los Van Van video taped in Miami in 2003. The cops have put up barricades by this time, and there were rude signs waved at the singers they would see on their way in, although some were in English.????? One was "Communist beggars." Oh, well.



Bonus video, salsa dancing in Havana. At no time do the dancers' feet leave their ankles:

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The new normal. 7962 Oct 2018 #1
This. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author john657 Oct 2018 #16
Our friends on the right RandiFan1290 Oct 2018 #21
And Steve Scalise and others were almost murdered by James T. Hodgkinson, a left wing john657 Oct 2018 #22
I'm sure you will just yawn it off and point back to Charlottesville RandiFan1290 Oct 2018 #38
One sides patriot SCVDem Oct 2018 #81
"One sides patriot is the other sides terrorist" EX500rider Oct 2018 #82
Russians have pushed divisive leftist messages too, and some are buying it. marylandblue Oct 2018 #105
I'm not going to condone violence from the "left" just 'cause I think we're right xor Oct 2018 #116
How dare you compare the "nut jobs" on the right and left. pangaia Oct 2018 #101
Both sides, my ass. John Fante Oct 2018 #102
Do you really think there are as many violent people on the left? yurbud Oct 2018 #107
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #23
This. john657 Oct 2018 #25
The new normal isn't that new. NutmegYankee Oct 2018 #20
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #24
You seem very concerned. yardwork Oct 2018 #26
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #28
Cursing is certainly an excellent way to model civility. yardwork Oct 2018 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author john657 Oct 2018 #33
Scalise survived. Heather did not. calimary Oct 2018 #58
Thank you RandiFan1290 Oct 2018 #62
plus, democrats condemned the shooting while trump refers to those first killed heather JI7 Oct 2018 #110
"The right has been pulling these stunt for a while." llmart Oct 2018 #65
That was precisely what I had in mind. nt NutmegYankee Oct 2018 #91
No, confronting people at airports, restaurants, etc is new. 7962 Oct 2018 #67
Ever had to visit a Women's Health Clinic? NutmegYankee Oct 2018 #79
Women's health clinics the last 20+ years. The RW loves them some violence... Hekate Oct 2018 #94
Remember the Brooks Brothers riot in 2000? yardwork Oct 2018 #34
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #41
Nothing close to your 'Proud Boys' on this side RandiFan1290 Oct 2018 #44
My proud boys? john657 Oct 2018 #47
But there are more right-wing extremeists than left-wing extremists, stopbush Oct 2018 #55
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #68
um, no. Not equivalent at all. yardwork Oct 2018 #71
Sounds like you're intimating Nancy Pelosi brought this on herself tenderfoot Oct 2018 #89
Ironic from "Communist" Russia-humping Trumpsters BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #2
+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #45
my thought exactly -- I call them GOPinkos. nt Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #98
Someone check their green cards. watoos Oct 2018 #3
Green cards? Hell, check their Screen Actors Guild cards. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2018 #4
Aye, I wonder how much they cost the RNC? Did they get a group rate or did they have to pay cstanleytech Oct 2018 #9
these are Cubans who get special treatment from other immigrants JI7 Oct 2018 #12
I think everyone forgot the "wet feet, dry feet" program. 7962 Oct 2018 #69
such delicate phrasing, so elegantly descriptive Maxheader Oct 2018 #5
Seems odd. yardwork Oct 2018 #6
Yep. A Craigslist-roots movement, we have here. Squinch Oct 2018 #13
I see that the Proud Boys were involved. yardwork Oct 2018 #19
Trying to be the boogie men. yawn. Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #59
Cuban Oligarchs bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #8
And their sugar plantations DBoon Oct 2018 #70
Yes, Trumpkins are very, very, very stupid. n/t MrModerate Oct 2018 #10
Those people haven't the faintest idea what a communist is muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #11
That mob is led by the GOP Miami-Dade party chairman Nelson Diaz muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #14
Thank you for posting these facts. yardwork Oct 2018 #27
A veteran of Bay of Pigs? Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #54
Right? 2naSalit Oct 2018 #64
The "Bay of Pigs veteran" in the CBS article is Frank de Varona muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #77
Thanks MV But, Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #85
Dunno which video you're talking about, or at what time muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #86
Yes, Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #88
No time, then? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #90
It must've been in the dicta somewhere. No I didnt hear it when I Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #92
ID these guys and chart their GOP progress. The Brooks Brothers Rioters were all GOP operatives... Hekate Oct 2018 #95
So, Brooks Brothers riot redux. Figures. Thanks for posting this. suffragette Oct 2018 #111
But we're the "mob", right? nt zanana1 Oct 2018 #15
As mentioned prior, this is the new normal GatoGordo Oct 2018 #17
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Oh dear, what will we do?! (Wring hands, hands in the air.) yardwork Oct 2018 #29
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That's a dumbass comment. Squinch Oct 2018 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author john657 Oct 2018 #35
No. Just yours. Squinch Oct 2018 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author john657 Oct 2018 #39
Aren't you the peach. Squinch Oct 2018 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author john657 Oct 2018 #43
I deleted it. n/t john657 Oct 2018 #37
the russian bots are strong with this thread...... getagrip_already Oct 2018 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author john657 Oct 2018 #48
Why assume the post was about you? Squinch Oct 2018 #51
Good bye. n/t john657 Oct 2018 #52
I'll miss you so. Squinch Oct 2018 #53
They're all over it, aren't they? Pitiful assholes, all of them. Squinch Oct 2018 #50
It's a couple weeks before the midterms BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #63
MIRT can't act once a poster has more than 100 posts. yardwork Oct 2018 #72
Seems there were other ways that took care of the problem here BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #84
I think that the big difference is when anyone on either side confronts OUTSIDE of the capitol The Mouth Oct 2018 #78
I see good and bad in day in life protests.... getagrip_already Oct 2018 #80
Democrats are the communists???? Firestorm49 Oct 2018 #46
Angry Mob! Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #49
Dead Fish Republicans Vogon_Glory Oct 2018 #56
I guess they'll have to modify the Jobs not Mobs slogan meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #57
More like " Jobs FOR Mobs" Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #61
Weird that the only media to verify this is right wing idiots. Farmer-Rick Oct 2018 #60
GOP led fascist violence on the rise workinclasszero Oct 2018 #66
+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #73
Pelosi Protestors drexelhillbilly Oct 2018 #74
In other countries, moreland01 Oct 2018 #75
I think it will happen to a supreme court justice before it happens to an elected official. Calista241 Oct 2018 #93
Violence against politicians was more common here as well. John Fante Oct 2018 #103
Fuck Trump and his entire basket of deplorables. MrsCoffee Oct 2018 #76
And fuck the Proud Boys who staged this event. Initech Oct 2018 #119
Meh. Yawn. Downtown Hound Oct 2018 #83
And it's from these Cuban "exile" cretins that Americans learn the "truth" about Cuba. Mike Rows His Boat Oct 2018 #87
Arrest them. rockfordfile Oct 2018 #96
It's not a "mob" of protesters - it's a "job" of protesters. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #97
This is what 35 years of extreme right wing radio and Fox news produces , illiterate moron robots . geretogo Oct 2018 #99
Kick ck4829 Oct 2018 #100
Mob?! democratisphere Oct 2018 #104
Conservatives have lost their fucking minds! Still obsessed with commies. Living in the 1950s. Nitram Oct 2018 #106
Yeah, Proud Boys. Be Proud of your lack of intelligence. What a bunch of bs. YOHABLO Oct 2018 #108
Shrieking, and calling people "communists" is something the Miami mobs ALWAYS do! Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #109
"You push back on them and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere." Jose Garcia Oct 2018 #112
Sad, scary, and hilarious Bradical79 Oct 2018 #113
These are the same people who think the Clintons and Obama are far-left communists... xor Oct 2018 #115
I'd be willing to bet a good majority of them don't know what communism is. Initech Oct 2018 #118
That much is clear. xor Oct 2018 #120
Not being a far-right loon now makes you a communist xor Oct 2018 #114
The pinko commie bastard meme is soooo 1960s. Snellius Oct 2018 #117
If socialism sucks, renounce your social security and Medicare/Medicaid. truthisfreedom Oct 2018 #121
Kick ck4829 Oct 2018 #122
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