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[itsirtou]

It's stupid time for the kids over at libertarianism .

So, Augusto Pinochet, general and President of Chile, died yesterday. When I heard the news, I expected everyone to celebrate and be merry. Hey, I know I am!

So what do I see when I go to my friends list today?

Personally, I think he was pretty alright as far as Latin American Dictators go. I'm just

Comments

[ginasketch]

From now on, anyone who says a dictator is okay like shit_lizard did will be in violation of Che Guevara's law.

[asianrevenge]

I think it should be renamed the "Alexander Solzhenitsyn Law" because Che Guevara wasn't particularly against dictatorships, if they were of the Leftwing variety.

[ginasketch]

Oh that's not what I meant.

i meant people who worship Che never really understand that he was a cold blooded murderer. They just go "oh...he was revolutionary...i don't know why..but he looks cool in a beret!"

This seems to be the case with the post in question too.

[asianrevenge]

Ahh! Fuck me for assuming.

[evilsimon]

Countdown to invocation of Godwin's Law in 5...4...3...

[petitfour]

but under hitler everyone had free icecream! i don't think that's such a bad policy...

[itsirtou]

I promise we're not all that crazy!

[itsirtou]

Way to generalize!

[faboolicious]

Oh Good Grief!

[two_stabs]

You can't ignore the fact that Pinochet enjoyed an enormous groundswell of support from a massive grassroots population base. Human rights violations are grave regardless of number, but they were in fact smaller than many dictators in eastern europe and asia at the same time. Pinochet became a symbol that represented human rights and civil rights violations, but he was by no means the worst of the worst. And in fact many of his policies led chile to prosperity.

[kankurette]

Yes, but at what price?

[two_stabs]

Massive human rights violations. I have no love for the guy.