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Democracy or dictatorship?; Stephen F. Kislock, III; Beaver County Times; February 2, 2011.
Most of Mr. Kislock’s 60+ letters over the last six years have been Republican-bashing exercises, though he sometimes goes after Democrats for his pet causes. Sometime during 2009 Mr. Kislock became an in-house commentator for Beaver County Reds. Please follow this link to learn more about Beaver County Reds.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“It seems to me that the United States of America is the proud sponsor of dictatorships over democracy.
“Here’s a list of some countries where the United States supported dictatorships: Nigeria, Uganda, Bolivia, Greece, South Korea, Chile, Cambodia, Fiji, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Portugal, Nicaragua, Rhodesia, Paraguay, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Pakistan, Egypt, etc.
“While most of these countries have thrown off oppressive dictatorships that the United States helped to install and maintain, a coup d’état in any of these countries could bring back a dictatorship. Look no farther [sic] than Honduras 2010.”
[RWC] Given Mr. Kislock’s letter-writing body of work, I suggest you fact-check his assertions. I get a kick out of it when lefties write of dictatorships as if they think they’re bad, then fawn over dictators like Fidel Castro. It’s like communists decrying Marxists. Dictatorship is simply one of the many leftisms.
“Former U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Anthony Quainton, once said, ‘If they do it, it’s terrorism. If we do it, it’s fighting for freedom.’
“The start of Arab democracy was the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi of Tunisia. His self-sacrifice, like our own ‘shot heard around world,’ will lead people to freedom.”
[RWC] Note Mr. Kislock ignored Iraq. By the way, we don’t know Mr. Kislock’s definition of “freedom.” Remember, lefties like to use nice sounding words to lure people in but attach a different meaning to them. For example, when lefties talk about choice, they mean abortion, social justice means communism, et cetera.
“Multinational corporations and the U.S. government may not like it, but this is freedom’s time to ring throughout the Arab world.”
[RWC] Why would “Multinational corporations and the U.S. government” not want freedom “throughout the Arab world?” This could be an indication Mr. Kislock’s definition of freedom is not how most of us would define it.
Given he is a “progressive,” I’d take Mr. Kislock’s alleged support of freedom as most of us would define freedom with a huge grain of salt. After all, progressivism is all about the government controlling people and controlling people is not my definition of freedom. Further, Mr. Kislock is an admirer of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.
“Go Egypt.”
[RWC] A promoter of the Egypt riots is the Muslim Brotherhood. Members of this freedom-loving group – not - include the designer of the 9/11 attack on the U.S. and Osama bin Laden’s #2 man. The Muslim Brotherhood also recently advised Egyptians to “prepare for war against Israel.”
Finally, if you believe Mr. Kislock didn’t consider the communist hammer-and-sickle symbol on banners waved by the rioters to be a good sign, I have a bridge to sell you. When did citizens of communist countries have freedom?
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