Classic Facism

[Kiwon]

What's interesting to note about fascism is that when's there's a real fascist, Hugo Chavez, for example, the number of Hollywood characters (Kevin Spacey. Sean Penn, Danny Glover) that admire the guy and are eager for a photo-op. Singer Harry Belafonte is his biggest fan and even British model Naomi Campbell went to see him last week.

Let's not forget that Castro has a fan in Michael Moore.

I don't quite get why these people who are proud liberals are nuts over an Anti-American dictator that is systematically expanding government control over the media, the country's legislature and judiciary, private businesses, etc.

The disturbing implication is that they would be supportive of this kind of government in the USA if the right leader comes along to right every wrong via the government. Chavez is a menace to basic human rights but to these folks he's a grassroots hero.

I'm a liberal and think Castro is a fucking traitor and Chavez is no better.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march Wednesday in which 80,000 people denounced President Hugo Chavez's attempts to expand his power. At least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, officials said.

Photographers for The Associated Press saw at least two gunmen—one wearing a ski mask and another covering his face with a T-shirt—firing handguns at the anti-Chavez crowd. Terrified students ran through the campus as ambulances arrived.

National Guard troops gathered outside the Central University of Venezuela, the nation's largest and a center for opposition to Chavez's government. Venezuelan law bars state security forces from entering the campus, but Luis Acuna, the minister of higher education, said they could be called in if the university requests them.

Antonio Rivero, director of Venezuela's Civil Defense agency, told local Union Radio that at least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, and that no one had been killed. Earlier, Rivero said he had been informed that one person had died in the violence.

The violence broke out after anti-Chavez demonstrators—led by university students—marched peacefully to the Supreme Court to protest constitutional changes that Venezuelans will consider in a December referendum.

The amendments would abolish presidential term limits, give the president control over the Central Bank and let him create new provinces governed by handpicked officials.

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Now, do you think we'll hear from Sean Penn and company condemning the suppression of freedoms in Venezuela or are actions such as these acceptable "means to an end?"