#trudeaueulogies

[Celista]

Which means very little other than you need to have your ears checked for wax buildup.

Nah, my ears are good.

[Elegiac]

Trudeau, Obama, Hollande and others are diplomatic leaders, so it would be weird to expect them to make a different kind of statements... That said, I feel like it is pretty sleazy to praise a totalitarian dictator out of desire to be diplomatic, while his 11 million citizens are barely surviving in the regime he installed. As much as diplomacy is important, I think there is a threshold beyond which you should drop pretense and say things as they are.

It's a no win situation, unfortunately. People don't like politicians being honest because it makes them feel stupid, nor do they like them being tactful because "hurr PC SJW cuck".

[May90]

It's a no win situation, unfortunately. People don't like politicians being honest because it makes them feel stupid, nor do they like them being tactful because "hurr PC SJW cuck".

I think some kind of neutral, but on point, statement would work the best. Something like: "We join the Cuban people in their sorrow. However, we cannot close eyes on the crimes of the regime Castro installed, and those crimes should always be remembered. Now is the time for the Cuban people to stand up and go forward towards democratic future."

[Varitok]

I think some kind of neutral, but on point, statement would work the best. Something like: "We join the Cuban people in their sorrow. However, we cannot close eyes on the crimes of the regime Castro installed, and those crimes should always be remembered. Now is the time for the Cuban people to stand up and go forward towards democratic future."

Its gotta be under 140 characters man!

[Slant]

Outside the US and non-socialist nations in Latin America, he is viewed in a relatively positive light.

OT writing this from Miami with a cup of free coffee: @Tennisace how come you support a tankie?

His family and Castro had a good relationship.

No, he's not. At least not in Germany. He was a fucking communist. Not as bad as Stalin, but he managed to fill his prisons and working camps with opposition. He was one of the bad dudes. Although, we also think he was way in over his head and a little incompetent. Letting Russia plant a few nuclear missiles on his little island? That's a funny stunt in hindsight. No idea what he was thinking... "Hey, the US is a few hundred miles off our coast, they can pretty much overrun us at any time... how about we let Russia use us to piss them off, see how that goes?"

lol, positive light? Nah, man. He was an amateur. There should be a rule among regimes that people who win a revolution shouldn't run the country afterwards. Generals don't make good statesmen. :P

[Socialhealer]

rofl no tennisace to be found, that the love of his life and leader of his country is a complete moron.


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[Slant]

I think some kind of neutral, but on point, statement would work the best. Something like: "We join the Cuban people in their sorrow. However, we cannot close eyes on the crimes of the regime Castro installed, and those crimes should always be remembered. Now is the time for the Cuban people to stand up and go forward towards democratic future."

As much as it pains me to disagree with you, that's way too much. Personally, I don't see why he should be acknowledged at all. If it hadn't been for the Cuba crisis, he'd be on the same level of significance as Bolivia. Sure, they show up somewhere on page 3, but nobody cares.

[xChurch]

What's wrong with it exactly? He didn't say anywhere that he was a good person. Being a remarkable leader doesn't require you to be a decent human being. The whole thing seems overblown.

[Crissi]

Not only would this be better in the existing Castro is dead thread, but this seems spcificaly tailored to call out another user which is not ok.

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