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Post by neilm on Nov 7, 2021 23:18:24 GMT
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Post by seanryanj on Nov 8, 2021 1:21:32 GMT
And left wingers don't raise an eye brow...if u believe in democracy don't turn a blind eye...oh if it was Palestine??? |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 8, 2021 1:41:03 GMT
And left wingers don't raise an eye brow...if u believe in democracy don't turn a blind eye...oh if it was Palestine??? Peter Tatchell has raised several eyebrows about Ortega. |
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Post by seanryanj on Nov 8, 2021 1:44:39 GMT
And left wingers don't raise an eye brow...if u believe in democracy don't turn a blind eye...oh if it was Palestine??? Peter Tatchell has raised several eyebrows about Ortega. Good to hear in Ireland they still fawn over him |
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Post by seanryanj on Nov 8, 2021 1:45:15 GMT
The wife seems really dangerous
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Post by rcronald on Nov 8, 2021 2:39:07 GMT
Large sections of the far left like to ignore the fact that some of their “revolutionary” heroes of the Past have turned into the totalitarian and ruthless dictators of the present.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 8, 2021 8:04:23 GMT
You'd think he'd be the one man who would know that Somoza was a warning not a blueprint.
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 8, 2021 11:09:29 GMT
I don't know what "left" many on this thread are taking their cue from, but most that I am aware of realised that Ortega was a bad 'un some time ago.
(and of course, it has also been a while now since he was meaningfully "left" in any case)
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Post by jamie on Nov 8, 2021 13:49:46 GMT
I don't know what "left" many on this thread are taking their cue from, but most that I am aware of realised that Ortega was a bad 'un some time ago. (and of course, it has also been a while now since he was meaningfully "left" in any case) I suspect even most politically interested left wing people don’t know much if anything about Ortega/Nicaragua. Venezuela was good at propaganda and the well covered meltdown of their economy means quite a lot of people are aware of their politics. The same cannot be said for most of the rest of Latin America. |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Nov 8, 2021 16:43:39 GMT
The wife seems really dangerous I haven't read that BBC article, but she is. The Times had a superb foreign affairs dispatch in it today about how she backed Ortega when her daughter accused him of rape and child molestation, she purposefully dresses as a stereotypical Romany fortune teller, complete with massive bangles, and she seems to think she's a 'sorceress'. The article ended, chillingly, with a quote from her daughter saying that she's not afraid of her father, but her mother because her mother is obsessed with power, and will do anything to get it. Ortega's got a bad heart and she's co-president btw🤦🏻♂️. Not just Vice President, co-president. Here it is 👇🏻 www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicaraguan-dictator-jails-rivals-as-sorceress-wife-waits-in-shadows-c0rbfx2g8 |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 8, 2021 18:30:02 GMT
Peter Tatchell has raised several eyebrows about Ortega. Good to hear in Ireland they still fawn over him What has Ireland got to do with it? |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Nov 9, 2021 8:41:47 GMT
The wife seems really dangerous I haven't read that BBC article, but she is. The Times had a superb foreign affairs dispatch in it today about how she backed Ortega when her daughter accused him of rape and child molestation, she purposefully dresses as a stereotypical Romany fortune teller, complete with massive bangles, and she seems to think she's a 'sorceress'. The article ended, chillingly, with a quote from her daughter saying that she's not afraid of her father, but her mother because her mother is obsessed with power, and will do anything to get it. Ortega's got a bad heart and she's co-president btw🤦🏻♂️. Not just Vice President, co-president. Here it is 👇🏻 www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicaraguan-dictator-jails-rivals-as-sorceress-wife-waits-in-shadows-c0rbfx2g8"Behind every strong man stands ... a stronger woman" |
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Post by rcronald on Nov 9, 2021 11:10:06 GMT
I haven't read that BBC article, but she is. The Times had a superb foreign affairs dispatch in it today about how she backed Ortega when her daughter accused him of rape and child molestation, she purposefully dresses as a stereotypical Romany fortune teller, complete with massive bangles, and she seems to think she's a 'sorceress'. The article ended, chillingly, with a quote from her daughter saying that she's not afraid of her father, but her mother because her mother is obsessed with power, and will do anything to get it. Ortega's got a bad heart and she's co-president btw🤦🏻♂️. Not just Vice President, co-president. Here it is 👇🏻 www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicaraguan-dictator-jails-rivals-as-sorceress-wife-waits-in-shadows-c0rbfx2g8"Behind every strong man stands ... a stronger woman" As my bible teacher once said: behind every sinful man there is a deceitful woman 🤣 ( true story) |
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 9, 2021 13:30:15 GMT
Parallels with Mugabe's second wife, perhaps.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Nov 9, 2021 17:44:19 GMT
Imelda Marcos without the shoe collection.
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Post by johnloony on Nov 10, 2021 14:49:01 GMT
Peter Tatchell has raised several eyebrows about Ortega. Good to hear in Ireland they still fawn over him What has Ireland got to do with it? |
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