https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1439032801442025472

    • Vncredleader
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      3 years ago

      Yeah but he wasn't killed early on or arrested for reformism so we cannot praise him

        • crime [she/her, any]
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          3 years ago

          That would mean confronting the fact that the cia murdering him was bad so probably not

          • carbohydra [des/pair]
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            3 years ago

            They can just conveniently gloss over that and do some finger wagging at Pinochet, like they do with many other things

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I've met libs who praised his criticism of the excesses of the communist movement that put him in power

          • Vncredleader
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            edit-2
            3 years ago

            Which is strange considering the communist movement was proven correct and then some.

            Glory to the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front and those who joined it despite their party being forced underground already and their lives threatened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGyjkMt3kw

            edit: we need a FPMR emote