Saturday, August 15, 2009

The Opposition's Idea of Free Speech


This is what you get for openly expressing your support for the Chavez government in Venezuela today. Chavez supporters have been violently beaten, and even killed simply because they dare to express their political inclination in public.

Despite all the opposition's pro-democracy slogans and protests about free expression, they have clearly shown their disdain for free expression over and over again. When the opposition briefly took power in 2002, they immediately closed pro-Chavez TV stations, while all opposition media maintained a total media blackout of pro-Chavez demonstrations. And more recently, they have shown their disdain for free speech as they have lent their support to the Honduran coup regime as it shuts down media across the country.

Can you imagine what opposition forces would be capable of doing if they ever got back in power in Venezuela?

6 comments:

hammer said...

of course i can. venezuela would look a lot like honduras.

Anonymous said...

The country would be managed by a Savak type organization and pledged for generations to IMF.The elite ( including agriculture scientists, IMF trained economists etc etc) having a more sybarite lifestyle then present.

jsb said...

And Chavez supporters NEVER attack peaceful protesters? Right?? All you Chavistas are squeeky clean and pure.

http://www.cadenaglobal.com/especiales/noviolencia/

ChronicallyClueless said...

JSB,

This post is a parody of Quico's recent post about Chavismo.

You clearly missed the point. I am not making the argument that Chavistas don't commit violence too.

Thanks for demonstrating your chronic cluelessness once again.

Bina said...

Shorter Snotty: "Chavistas occasionally do it, so we get to do it back to them tenfold!"

Isn't that right, Snotty?

jsb said...

Shorter Bina: "uh...uh..."