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They don't. Dannymac Send a noteboard - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM
Some liberal folks might, and still more might support certain aspects of a regime while decrying others. I've never known any examples of the former, though I do know some of the latter. The United States government has a history of being in bed with dictators, especially in Central America, often to protect our business interests, and of course the blame for that belongs equally to our entire political system.

The monolithic entity known by conservative media as "the Left" is just that, a myth, and so it doesn't really support anything. I suspect it is like "The Right" in that way. Such generalizations do make cries of "hypocrisy!" a whole lot easier, though.

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Why does the Left support dictators? - 01/09/2011 02:37:25 AM 1306 Views
They don't. - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 870 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 841 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 648 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 386 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 388 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 413 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 788 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 745 Views
Because there aren't any good right wing oppressive regimes for the Right to get behind these days? - 01/09/2011 12:53:32 PM 654 Views
Iran - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 815 Views
Wrong religion *NM* - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 383 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 752 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 869 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 855 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 844 Views
True - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 771 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 641 Views
Hmm - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 685 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 806 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 380 Views
I think that does hold up to a point - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 728 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 842 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 787 Views
Yes, that's how it works - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 739 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 896 Views
Possibly - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 824 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 682 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 964 Views
... I don't. - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 768 Views

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