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In reply to the discussion: Miami to hold 'anti-Communist' concert after Sanders defends Castro regime [View all]still_one
(92,136 posts)51. +++ This is the very reason why Sanders will lose Floida in the primary and General Election if he
is the nominee
The insensity of some to the Cuban refugees who came after Castro took over is astounding, and why Sander's will fare badly in those places
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Jose Garcia
Feb 2020
OP
It's not a "red scare", how can you say that about these people. Some of them LIVED in Cuba....
George II
Feb 2020
#7
I knew several Cuban refugees back in the 1970s that I became close friends with.....
George II
Feb 2020
#13
Of course you tell yourself that. it can often be difficult to think beyond a juicy t-shirt slogan
LanternWaste
Feb 2020
#32
Sometimes the things people say about things they know little about make me shake my head.
George II
Feb 2020
#9
+++ This is the very reason why Sanders will lose Floida in the primary and General Election if he
still_one
Feb 2020
#51
I never wrote ONLY the filthy rich. Cuba was a brutal dictatorship filled with corruption and abuse.
Farmer-Rick
Feb 2020
#15
What Rummel counted in Democide were ALL deaths even those due to poverty, bad healthcare or in jail
Farmer-Rick
Feb 2020
#34
You got to remember, when people starve to death under a non-socialist regime...
ck4829
Feb 2020
#59
OMG! - people suffered badly under Batista - he turned Cuba into a police state
womanofthehills
Feb 2020
#35
Better? How? If Batista was truly "better", maybe he wouldn't have been ousted in the first place
ck4829
Feb 2020
#58
Batista and a ruined Nation is why people fled. AND I never said ONLY the filthy rich
Farmer-Rick
Feb 2020
#20
Hello - maybe they left Cuba because our embargos left them without basic necessities
womanofthehills
Feb 2020
#37
Well, the wealth fled. The US has had sanction against the country for decades.
Farmer-Rick
Feb 2020
#21
I like how a lot of those filthy rich converted cars to boats and lost weight to look hungry. n/t
zackymilly
Feb 2020
#39
So saying that Castro was great for education and health care - is a horrible thing to say
womanofthehills
Feb 2020
#40