You do realize that for every good thing Castro did, he did a fuck ton of bad things, right? This is the guy that put gays in concentration camps and executed people by firing squad without a trial. He was cut from the same cloth as the likes of Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler, Mao and the Kim family.
That's a non-sequitur to my point about Castro. If you wish for me to condemn Reagan I will.
I think the claim that every world leader puts gays in concentration camps and executes people by firing squad without trial is a bit too outlandish for me to take on faith though.
Either way, "Other people do it too!" is not a valid defense. That does not make Castro some kind of great paragon of truth and justice.
No my point is that you seem to hold Castro at an unhealthy standard not attributed to other world leader. Lets not forget that the US handed over Mandela to the aparthied government. Thatcher actively supported the White leadership against the ANC.
At the end of the day you are welcome to believe what you wish about Castro and how many horrible things he has done. But in my books when the western world was supporting the killing of African men, women and children in South Africa, Angola and Nambia, Castro was siding with the victims and the weak.
A man is a sum of his part. You discount his work in Africa and Asia has I am assuming you don't consider it of equal or significant value to what he did in Cuba. You are welcome to that decision. I frankly view his actions against colonialism as a hall-mark of his support to the innocent victims in Africa and Asia.
You can't fix stupid. But damn it you can troll it!
Your point is total nonsense. You haven't even asked me what my opinion is on other world leaders, so what gives you the right to say that I hold Castro to a standard that I do not hold other world leaders to?
To paraphrase Stannis Baratheon, the good that someone does does not wash away the bad, nor the bad the good. Castro can have done good things for some people while still being a horrific human being.
He was one of the main persons of the outgoing epoch. The history of the revolution Castro and Che Guevara made is very romantic and honest. The revolution from below, having at the beginning a couple of dozen soldiers, they still overthrew Batista. Nothing to do with the modern revolution taking place for the money / made by other countries. A legendary figure. RIP.
It's like talking to a brick wall.
I am not saying that any good he did does not matter. I am saying that despite that, he is still a piece of shit.
If I push a kid out of the way of a car, and then chop up a different kid with a hack saw, I am still a piece of shit despite the fact that it's a life for a life.
I wouldn't put Castro in the same category as the likes of Stalin, Hitler or the Kim's.
People/leaders like Castro are in some ways similar to the leaders of Iran, both had to deal with possible US backed coups and assassinations. This effects people in not the best ways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assass...Later_attempts
If you know that the US came up with plans that probably included throwing the kitchen sink at you this will make you paranoid.
None of his actions were based on humanitarian reasons. Everything he did was to fight on the side of marxists guerrillas and armies to spread the communism in Africa.
It's not different, in any way, of when USA invade another country do spread democracy and freedom.
You can clearly see when someone is politically indoctrinated, when they create a whole rhetoric to defend a democide.
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He already hated US even before the assassination attempts.
Yes it is like talking to a brick wall. Because you fail to grasp a simple truth. You think all he did was bad. Your example is that of pushing a kid out of the way and them chopping up a different kid.
What in reality is an adequate example is saving hundreds of kids from apartheid, torture, abuse and massacres and in turn killed a few dozen and tortured a few dozen others.
And again the brick wall that you are, I have quite openly stated that you are welcome to believe what you wish. You consider his actions in South Africa supporting Mandela, the fight in Namibia and Angola insignificant vs what he did in Cuba.
You are welcome to believe that. African, Asians and millions of people world wide consider Castro a hero for his actions in support the freedom of innocent people.
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Says you. That is because you are indoctrinated. After all that is why you would consider the ANC and Mandela Marxist or Communist. Cuba under Castro has run thousands of humanitarian operations. An example is the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005. Cuba did more than the US did for Pakistan and Pakistan at that time was the US's number 1 ally in the region.
You can't fix stupid. But damn it you can troll it!
Stop telling me what I think and believe and listen to what I'm fucking saying.
I do not consider Castro's actions in South Africa supporting Mandela, the fight in Namibia and Angola insignificant vs what he did in Cuba. They do NOT excuse what he did in Cuba though.
People are capable of doing good and bad things. A hero is not someone that knowing does bad things though, period.
Let me use a more simple analogy, so maybe you will understand my moral philosophy. If someone were to cure cancer, donate $10 trillion to charity, rescue people from burning buildings and create a lasting world peace, if that person then decides to rape a little boy behind closed doors, that person is a piece of shit in my eyes. I acknowledge the good they did with saving millions of lives and creating world peace, but they are still a horrible human being.
It is not a matter of scale, of significance vs insignificance. Do you understand now, or are you going to obtusely copy/paste the same trash to me?