Whitewashing Castro.

In the wake of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's death, many are glossing over how deadly this man and the system he represented were, and are.



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• Fidel Castro Dies: Cuban dictator and communist hero, Fidel Castro, died this week. John Stonestreet gives his thoughts on BreakPoint. Castro’s passing brought woefully confused reactions from leaders and media figures, but Cuban immigrants had a different, and overwhelming reaction to the news:celebration. The contrast may have something to do with the fact that Americans, especially young people, don’t seem to have the faintest idea how destructive and brutal communism is. A survey commissioned by Victims of Communism Memorial Fund found that a third of millennials believe George W. Bush killed more people than Joseph Stalin. Learn More about the Victims of Communism Memorial project, here. John Stonestreet mentions a scene from the film, “Enemy at the Gates,” in which Joseph Fiennes’ character admits the failure of communism. There is no “new man,” he says. Communism’s promise is based on the lie that natural man is basically perfectible.