MP is right to ask us to focus on substance instead of name calling. My view is that Chavez fits comfortably in a long line of authoritarian figures in the developing world. Some here in the US support either because they agree with the authoritarian views of these figures or movements or because they naively assume that supporting such figures or movements will constrain reactionary dimensions of US foreign policy. I think we should defend the sovereignty of countries like Venezuela or Cuba but not fall into the trap of assuming that means we must support people like Hugo or Fidel or Daniel. Instead we should argue for the extension of democratic rights to all.
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, michael yates wrote: > > Michael, you sound like Rodney King. I'd say Diamond is a real SOB. He has > never said a single progressive thing > that I recall. That word is in the name of this list, no? Chastise him, > not me. Chavez=Kim? > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Stephen Diamond Associate Professor of Law Santa Clara University School of Law Office: (408) 554-4813 Fax: (408) 868-9173
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