The Truth About Tyranny

The left in this country and in the West in general like to screech about how they are being silenced. They tend to do this on national television, moaning about how civil liberties are being taken away from them. How these charges gibe with the national media exposure, they never quite say. Meanwhile, they praise cretinous thugs like Fidel Castro and his understudy (T)Hugo Chavez. (Sometimes they do this right here in the comments). Perhaps they should take a look at the editorial in today's Miami Herald. Then maybe they could understand what actual suppression means. Hint: It isn't going on a talk show and complaining or writing long-winded posts on the internet.

This is the point of the regime's reprisals last week that targeted three foreign correspondents.

The three — Gary Marx of the Chicago Tribune, César González-Calero of Mexico City's El Universal and Stephen Gibbs of the British Broadcasting Corp. — were notified that they wouldn't be allowed to report from the island. Mr. Marx was told that his work was ''negative.'' Mr. González-Calero was told that his coverage was ''not convenient'' for the communist government…….

…….Inside Cuba, the regime also controls all mass media and communications, including Internet access. Home-grown independent journalists run illegal press agencies and risk imprisonment at any time. Some 40 journalists have been detained, at tacked or threatened since Raúl Castro took power provisionally six months ago, according to Reporters Without Borders.

That is what silencing and suppression looks like, folks. I know that will make no difference to the far left, however. They love thugs, so long as they lean far enough to the left.