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[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much the only ones that 'fled cuba' did so to avoid justice. Their families tend to be far right conservatives, since they were the ones overthrown.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Reinaldo Arenas would have liked to say something here.

[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 months ago

I did say pretty much. The repression of lgbt by soviet and non soviet forces, each blaming the other for the cause, was a terrible time in history. However for every person like arenas there's are least a dozen 'we hate castro because he brainwashed the servant family that had been loyal to us for decades'.