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  • The US is threatening Cuba, not the other way around. The US has used its economic power to punish the Cuban people. The Cuban people have done nothing to deserve this.

    The US finally normalized relations with Cuba under Obama. It was finally an end to the madness, but the cruelty of the conservatives knows no bounds and Trump undid the normalization and started economically attacking Cuba again.

    This is a contrived issue to support a minority population of Cuban hardliners that just need to die off or go the fuck away. These people are so poisoned that they would see every single Cuban person starve to death before they would admit they are wrong. They are the fucking problem, not the Cuban people.









  • First, it was not a bigoted opinion because OP did not display intolerance. Rather they pointed out an opinion on an issue. This opinion is simply people are upset for the wrong reason and that they are part of the problem.

    Propaganda shapes our society and is present in our lives throughout everyday in countless forms. Pointing out the hollowness of a piece of propaganda, which is what the OP attempted to do, is a time honored tactic meant to inspire reflection.

    Obviously this is not the best way to get people who resent the message to agree and is more meant as a gotcha or slap in the face, metaphorically of course. I can see your disdain from this perspective.

    Not sure what you mean about leftists in the end. I mean their core philosophy is to fight against bigotry. Leftists are not inclusive to bigotry and that is okay. If you want to learn about this some more you can lookup the paradox of tolerance.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

    I think your message would make more sense as the left won’t tolerate bigots and that is wrong because they need unity. In which case, I would refer you back to the paradox of intolerance.

    On a personal note, I will readily admit this is not a way forward. So even if you are not articulating things perfectly, there is an important question here. I think it may be how does a leftist change the heart of bigot.