From Syria to Venezuela: Mystifying Left-Wing Support of Dictators.

The leaders of the non-aligned movement in the 50s and 60s were at the vanguard of the anticolonial movement. Nasser, Gaddafi, and Castro are excellent examples. They were not democratic, but they were nationalists who wanted to take control back of their countries and in large part succeeded, at least for a while. Assad and Chavez/Maduro are the legacy of that movement. Of course they aren't good guys, but it's not "mystifying" to anyone who knows their history or who's from a non-Western country.

Did you read the link text?

Blocking this OP, let's call him Igor, who is for some reason really pushing this shady website.

Not mystifying at all when you see R3 -- just shut out anyone who points out uncomfortable facts.

Leftist Dictators? Are we posting from the Cold War?

The Left has always had a soft spot for oppressive, authoritarian regimes, such as the Left's unwaivering, unquestioned support for the various dictatorial regimes in the Soviet Union, Vietnam, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Left sought yet another oppressive, authoritarian ideology to support and promote. Islam and Muslims fit the bill perfectly. Discrete mention to the Left that it promotes a misogynist, homo-murdering, hate-filled ideology will be met with outraged shrieks of racism and whatever phobia is currently popular. Because like every dictatorial regime, one does not question or criticise. One submits. Silently.

Yawn, R6. Do you ever get bored of trolling, OP? How much do they pay you?

A much longer list would be Republicant support for fascist dictators. There very few left wing dictators left in the world, OP, try to keep up.

Who the fuck signs their post with their post title? OP is a confirmed fool.

Fascist is such a subjective, often misused, word. Can be applied to leaders of both the Right AND Left. So can racist, bigot, authoritarian and dictatorial.

F&F this asshole OP

R10 uses the only tactic the right has: false equivalency. These terms are clearly not understood by you. We cannot have a conversation. Study up!

Of course, the troll OP made only that one post.

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That we don't want to run around invading countries and installing our preferred dicators and henchmen doesn't mean we support the current henchmen and dictators. It appears Mr. Logic is not our friend today.

The left and the right, always hates dictators, unless they are their dictators. Though it must be admitted that authoritarian Leftist regimes are responsible for more deaths over the last century than right wing authoritarian regimes. Then there are a few dictators like Juan Peron and the Peronists who defy categorizing as left or right.

R15, did you even Hitler?

R16 yes that includes Hitler. Hitler and the Nazis were responsible for around 14 million deaths, around the same as Stalin, so they cancel each other out. The deadliest one was Chairman Mao who was responsible for around 47 million deaths, he alone is responsible for the left claiming the most deaths. If you remove him, it is more even.

R16 Hitler?, I barely Slappeder

Trump-Putin-Kim Jong Un.

Yeah, blame on the lefties.

R3

Are you implying that the op is a Russian troll? Russia supports Assad.