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mecherosegarden

(745 posts)

3. Why some people don't realize that Hugo Chavez' dream

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 05:21 PM

Feb 2014

became a nightmare? Why is it so difficult to understand that it was not working in Venezuela.
The students were protesting for the right to have food, the right to live without the fear of being killed, the right to express their opinions without fear of prosecution.

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Soon, the Battle for Venezuela [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2014 OP

Oh good lord. springchick Feb 2014 #1

For fuck's sake - this is a damn love letter from a swooning teen idolizer Flatulo Feb 2014 #2

Why some people don't realize that Hugo Chavez' dream mecherosegarden Feb 2014 #3

You'll have to excuse progressives. They don't speak right-wingerish. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #4

Could you go into more detail please, because I have heard the exact opposite sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #5

I heard the government and their paramilitaries are shooting at protesters, shooting women Bacchus4.0 Feb 2014 #6

And I heard that the opposition is a gang of murderous right wing thugs being paid sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #7

I've only seen chavista paramiltaries and NG shooting and beating people Bacchus4.0 Feb 2014 #8

I heard that both DC and Chicago are the murder capitals of the world but we don't sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author springchick Feb 2014 #10

Yes, a dictator whose crimes are almost too horrific to imagine. polly7 Feb 2014 #11

There is no 'pics of opposition being violent' thread. joshcryer Feb 2014 #12

As we all know at D.U., including the right-wing trolls, Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #13

Actually,I know of three instances of the students being violent. joshcryer Feb 2014 #14

Attempting to attack the leftists here? Why? Only the trolls would appreciate it. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #15

Nope, just the authoritarians who love death and murder. joshcryer Feb 2014 #16

Not hard at all Judy Lynn, to spot the right wing trolls. Most are fun to play with sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #17