Fausta has a post up about the new darling of the self-loathing far left fringe, Hugo Chavez. Coming soon to a "peace" rally near you, Chavez T-shirts instead of ones featuring the image of the murderous Che.
While the American Left worships its new icon, Chavez Threatens to Shut Down Venezuelan TV Stations for criticizing the government. Hear him say it in his own words (in Spanish, via VCrisis).
Publius Pundit points out,
Amid all the Chavista propaganda reported here in the States, suggesting that Venezuela is not a dictatorship because of an existing free press, the fact today is that the media has been threatened with total destruction.
It's not just TV stations: it's also the NGOs
The latest pet project by the autocratic and dictatorial Government is a law to control NGO’s. Whether they are political, defenders of human rights, against AIDS or the environment, this new law would impose absolute government control over NGO’s, which would make them subject to Government inspection and supervision.
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred posts that
Even as they left celebrates Hugo Chavez, they do not extend any effort into helping impoverished Venezuelans. They, like the victims in Darfur, are only an impediment to achieving their agenda, a 'people's paradise.' That kind of irony is not lost on any of the psychosphere bloggers.
For good reason: the WSJ article quotes Jake Irwin, a Chavez supporter, saying, "My political belief is that the U.S. is a horrendous empire that needs to end". A shrink can have a field day analyzing the kind of self-loathing one finds among what Carlos Alberto Montaner's named the Chávez-'banana left' alliance. (Links removed – head over to Fausta's for the whole story).
It's a frightening picture, made more so by those among us who worship such people.
