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I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. Tom Send a noteboard - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM
Back then, the Left (particularly in France) was truly abominable, supporting Mao and Stalin and Ho Chi Minh with a blind fanaticism. Of course, at the same time the Right was supporting Franco, Pinochet, the Shah, Marcos, Suharto, and apartheid South Africa.

My point is that in the present day, the right has largely disavowed dictatorial regimes whereas the left (admittedly, the far left) continues to indulge them.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Why does the Left support dictators? - 01/09/2011 02:37:25 AM 1108 Views
They don't. - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 693 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 649 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 455 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 314 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 311 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 335 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 580 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 555 Views
Because there aren't any good right wing oppressive regimes for the Right to get behind these days? - 01/09/2011 12:53:32 PM 469 Views
Iran - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 609 Views
Wrong religion *NM* - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 305 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 562 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 670 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 663 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 645 Views
True - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 581 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 453 Views
Hmm - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 490 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 605 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 304 Views
I think that does hold up to a point - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 529 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 642 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 596 Views
Yes, that's how it works - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 541 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 698 Views
Possibly - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 626 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 500 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 759 Views
... I don't. - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 573 Views

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