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Ian Dunt
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Really is quite impactful, if you're originally from Latin America, to see people here on left and right treat it's politics like they're supporting their football team.
Not a fucking care in the world for the fact people have been murdered, thrown into destitution, forced from their homes. Just inconvenient facts getting in the way of their bullshit debate.
The British right did it with Pinochet. Excusing his sadism, his torture, his executions. And now the left do it with Maduro. Latino lives are just pawns to them.
I share some blame for that type of attitude, I think. I've done it myself, even having come from there. Don't make the same mistakes.
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