In the bad old days of the Cold War, the left and the right used to play a nasty game called “Who’s Your Favorite Dictator?”
Right-wing ideologues supported authoritarian leaders like Augusto Pinochet of Chile while left-wing ideologues rhapsodized over Communist leaders like Fidel Castro of Cuba. One side embraced the shah of Iran and Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines as “our bastards” and the other side stood up for Brezhnev or Mao or Mugabe as “men of the people.”
Many people on both sides of the political spectrum refused to play this game, particularly those who prioritized human rights over what …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
