Posted on 11/29/2016 9:16:42 AM PST by Red Badger
Fidel Castro’s recent death evoked conflicting assessments of his legacy from world leaders, but college students are no more prepared than prime ministers to justify their support for the Cuban dictator.
President-Elect Donald Trump, for example, referred to Castro as a “brutal dictator,” whereas Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called him a “remarkable leader.”
In order to gauge millennial feelings on the passing of the authoritarian Cuban leader, Campus Reform asked students at American University which political figure they viewed more favorably: Castro or Trump.
While several students identified the repressive elements of Castro’s regime, such as jailing and murdering his political opponents, few were willing to say that this made them view him less favorably than Donald Trump.
“I mean, right now I don’t think Donald Trump is very good, and I know that Fidel Castro has done some good things for the world so I’d say he’s proven himself at least in the long term to be more favorable,” one student opined after referencing Castro’s health care reforms in Cuba.
Another student borrowed language from Trudeau, calling Castro a “remarkable leader” and claiming that his regime “made possibilities for the Cuban people nearly endless.”
“I would say, at this very moment, I have, um, a better opinion of Fidel Castro,” professed one student, even after expressing her concerns about the repression of his people.
Several of the students who spoke with Campus Reform refused to name which leader they view more favorably, explaining that it was a “hard question” and that the two were not comparable, if only because Trump has not yet taken office.
One student, however, did extrapolate enough to assert that if Trump’s presidency is “anything like he said it will be, then I think that Fidel Castro will absolutely have been a better leader.”
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In the beginning, colleges and universities taught your children HOW to think. Nowadays, they teach your children WHAT to think................
Interesting story.
Let’s ask those kids why border guards were stationed on the wall, and why people were trying desperately to get to the west. And why people were exuberantly celebrating when the wall was finally torn down (thank you, President Reagan).
Oh wait, they probably have no idea of these events, because they weren’t taught it in school. Reality doesn’t fit the liberal narrative.
If communism is such a paradise, wouldn’t people have been going the other way?
American University
Who carries around 100k DM in their pocket?...............
‘Even worse: When 9/11 happened, they were around 4-5 years old. The cultural impact of the event has faded rapidly.’
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Wow, yes, you are right. *sighs*
That really puts things into perspective.... sadly.
It stands for Americahating
Then send them to live in their Cuban “paradise”
Oh yeah, it’s a one-way deal
AMERICAN University in DC.................
Not unless they protested against Castro, I think most of them would kiss Castro’s feet. But then again, maybe most of them would whine about the poor conditions of living there.
‘George Orwell — ‘He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.’...............’
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He was a prescient man.
Thank you for that quote. I wonder if these kids had to read ‘1984’ in high school like many of us did.
With their $250 million after just 16 years out of office, the Clintons are just about on track to equal (or better) Castro, who compiled over $900 million once he came to power in the 1950s.
The demographic of “gibmedats” just expects politicians to be on the take, like everybody.
I suspect deep down inside, I prefer dead dictators to living politicians. After all, the dead dictator can no longer hurt me.
Kids these days.
“When slavery is forgotten and erased from the history books, we shall all be slaves.”...........Red Badger...............
I can only imagine my grandmother would get disgusted at these kids. Soviets overran the Balkan States, she and her siblings and parents left their farm behind in Heufeld, Yugoslavia and didn’t turn back. Lived in Austria until they decided to just go to the U.S.A. Communists are not nice.
That said when I went there in the late '60's if you cut class because you were upset about the election it would have got you an immediate F and lasting ridicule on campus.
My first thought was this was satire.
Then I realized it was real.
President-Elect Donald Trump, for example, referred to Castro as a “brutal dictator,” whereas Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called him a “remarkable leader.”
There you go whack left...Move to Canada!!!
Ping!
American University.
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