Reply #63: Like I said,

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I don't think there's an excuse for having an uninformed opinion about Chavez.

As for you impression that DU'ers don't tolerate diverse opinions on the issue: you couldn't be more wrong. DU tolearated very diverse opinions on Chavez for a long time and Chavez resoundingly won that debate. People are just tired of having to go through the debate one more time especially when the doubters don't bring any new strategies or information to the debate. They all start like that one above (with the reference to relatives and to Castro) and they ALL end the same way.

There should be a FAQ or something on this issue, I guess. But really, there was a lot of dissent on this issue and it has pretty much been resolved. And, without new arguments or information, it's going to be hard to get a result different from the one that you get every time the issue comes up.

If you do a search of posts by windandsea, you'll see the arc that the debate always takes. DU'ers may be reluctant to rehash the issue one more time, but I'm sure they have no problem with anyone who wants to revisit all Windandseas numerous posts on this issue.