Reply #233: Again, Ma'am, It Is A Question of Proportion And Selectivity Of Focus [View All]

[The Magistrate]

What is ridiculous is the exaggerated obloquy directed at Col. Chavez, by a crew of regulars who studiously ignore events of far graver character, and who yet proclaim themselves affronted by 'violations of human rights' committed by Col. Chavez, rather than by the left character of his regime. Under pressure, over time, denunciation of 'socialism' has emerged from most of this crew, and established the real motive of their assaults on Col. Chavez. There is nothing wrong with disliking socialism, but it is tricky on a left-oriented forum to present oneself both as a left and progressive person and an opponent of socialist revolution in a Latin American country; not many people have the chops to carry it off....