• camaron28 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Nice.

    Most conservatives or enlighened centrists try to use legitimate criticisms of the republic in order to equate them with Franco.

    Was it a clusterfuck? Yes.

    Were fascists but also probably normal people extrajudicialy killed during the war? Yes

    Were communists killing fascists before the war (and viceversa)? Yes

    Did some communists attempt a revolution that failed soon in 1934 in Asturias? Yes

    AND EVEN THEN, there's a clear "good" and a "bad" side. Ffs, you can win over even some liberals by pointing out that the communists were a minoritarian party before the war.

    Also, some fascists (or idiots) try to justify the coup because a few days earlier a conservative /fascist politician (Calvo Sotelo) was murdered (just like so many other people of all political sides). I don't know if they believe people had phones back then, but a coup can't be organized in a few days. What may be true is that the murder helped Franco decide to give support to the coup because he didn't know what to do before (one good thing i will say about the man is that he was a great opportunist and knew how to seize them), but i would still doubt that.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Typical fascist playbook, cry foul over any wrongs committed by the left while excusing their own bullshit.

      • camaron28 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Eh, i'd say 99% are liberals going all "MMMMMHMMM, this case seems pretty clear-cut, well, time to look for bad stuuf the other side did so i can be superior to both of them".

    • bark [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      CEDA gave over their campaign contributions and they had to woo franco. How does that happen in a day?