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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 1288 Views
They don't. - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 851 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 822 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 628 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 379 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 380 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 404 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 768 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 728 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 637 Views
Iran - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 797 Views
Wrong religion *NM* - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 374 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 733 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 849 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 832 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 820 Views
True - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 751 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 621 Views
Hmm - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 662 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 787 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 373 Views
I think that does hold up to a point - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 709 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 823 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 767 Views
Yes, that's how it works - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 722 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 877 Views
Possibly - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 806 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 665 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 946 Views
... I don't. - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 748 Views

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