Leftists in the USA Support the Shutdown of RCTV in Venezuela

If anyone doubts that the left favor dictatorship and suppression of civil liberties, all they need do is read one of the lefty blogs like Democratic Underground (what a hypocritical name for a blog!). Here are a few choice comments from their discussion of the takeover of the last remaining independent TV station in Venezuela:

AngryAmish (1000+ posts)
Mon May-28-07 10:08 AMResponse to Reply #23
36. Heneeds the militia to crush his enemies - the enemies of the people
And crush them he must if there is to be peace and justice. It is time to clear the weeds and get rid of the roaches. Crush them.

IndianaGreen (1000+ posts)
Mon May-28-07 04:46 AMResponse to Original message
6. Now, that's what I call real singing and dancing in the streets
We would be doing the same here if the FCC had the balls to yank the broadcasting license to the radio network that carries Rush Limbaugh for not firing him for broadcasting hate speech and racist songs.

murdoch (293 posts)
Mon May-28-07 11:08 AMResponse to Original message
41. This is more democratic
Watching news about this on the US corporate media they are talking about freedom of speech and so forth. Huh? These channels are completely controlled by a tiny elite, whose interests are completely against the vast majority of people in their own country - in Venezuela and the United States. It's a joke to hear the commissars of Rupert Murdoch, or NBC - the voice of the military contractor called GE and whatnot talk about freedom and whatnot. Freedom for a handful of idle class billionaires to completely control our airwaves. Even PBS nowadays has what are but they don't call commercials for ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola and whatnot.The Venezuelan government was elected by the people democratically, and the government having control over the station is much more democratic than it resting in the hands of a few billionaire heirs. While there is a lot of similarity between the voice of the majority shut out of the airwaves here and there, one difference there is only about 30% of the population of Venezuela is white, and they are sort of a foreign, settler ruling class over the 70% of Indian (and to a lesser extent black) native population. So it is a little more polarized. Most of these Indians have little access to Venezuela's oil wealth until recently, and they have absolutely no voice on the media outside of the government channels.

merwin (1000+ posts)
Mon May-28-07 06:35 AMResponse to Reply #11
13. I love that! It's amazing how people can believe so many lies...
I'm just surprised that Chavez let that station's license go until it expired. He had reason and the right to revoke it the instant the station called for a violent uprising against the government. But he didn't revoke it, so he must be a dictator... right?I love how all the restraint he's showing regarding this is being spun against him to somehow prove how much of a dictator he is.How about next time I get my license taken away for driving drunk too many times, I declare Washington State a dictatorship! It's simple cause and effect. You do something stupid, you face the consequences. They called for a violent illegal uprising, and they didn't get their license renewed. How terrible!

Most of the left don't want democracy. They don't want freedom of expression. All they want is for everyone to think like they do and do as they say. Everyone goose-stepping to the beat of political correctness.

You can also tell how envious the left are of Chavez's authority to shut down any voices of dissent. Read the second post by IndianaGreen where he wants to shut down Rush Limbaugh. If it were up to people like him, they would also shut down Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and much of the blogosphere for disseminating 'hate speech'. If it were up to him, I would be thrown in jail just for writing this blog.