Honduran coup... I am freaked out

[LuckyTheDog]

I never thought that rooting for the success of a military coup would be an acceptable position for anyone in the U.S. "chattering class" to speak about out loud. But right-wing talk radio has been supporting the Honduran military. Whoa. The right is even crazier than I thought it was.

[drm604]

1. Just more evidence that the words of right wing talk radio are bought and paid for. n/t

[jasi2006]

20. As soon as the guy raised the minimum wage..you knew he was gone.

Can't have anyone helping anyone else but the middle class and the wealthy.

[anonymous171]

22. Seriously though, what's up with Latin America's elites? Why are they so stingy?

Was having to pay their workers a little extra money enough of a burden to warrant a military coup? Bunch of greedy fucks.

[redqueen]

25. Wasn't that exactly what elites here tried under FDR?

Isn't that what got Smedley Butler to finally wake up?

[redqueen]

2. Chattering class?

I thought we had plenty of DUers on board with that dumbfuckery.

[HughMoran]

3. Uhhh, you just insulted a bunch of DUers who also support the coup

Don't ever assume...

[redqueen]

4. Some people might think they deserve the insult. (nt)

[HughMoran]

5. This we can discuss

It has been a hot topic of late...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. They sure do. Stealth (and not-so-stealth) right-wing fuckers, one and all. Fuck them. -nt

[redqueen]

23. C'mon now, don't mince words.

Is it really so wrong to agree with Pat Robertson, just once in a while?

[Flaneur]

6. Those DUers who also support the coup are out of step...

with Obama, the OAS, the EU, the UN, all of Latin America, and anyone to the left of Somoza's ghost.

[L. Coyote]

8. Not all DUers are really DUers.

There is the matter of the small and small-brained mammals that lives both underground and under bridges :rofl: moles and trolls!

[LuckyTheDog]

7. Coups are never to be supported (nt)

[Feron]

12. The problem with broad brushes is that they are sloppy.

Say, for example, an American president decides that he isn't leaving and is making himself president for life. Certainly Americans would be justified in rising up and deposing the president.

At any rate, I'll leave Honduran matters to the Hondurans. They're the ones that will be living under whomever eventually wins. Meddling often makes bad or volatile situations even worse.

[LuckyTheDog]

14. I'd never support a military takeover here

Not under any circumstances I can imagine.

[timeforpeace]

16. Critical thinking! Congrats. The very point that many have been making, using Bush as an example.

But it flies over the heads of the big IQ's here (see IQ thread for the numbers). Ideology trumps all.

[HughMoran]

18. Mr. 2 sentences is good at insulting people

Really bad at explaining in 2 sentences or less their "critical thinking" skills.

When are you going to realize that people here can't read your mind?

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Two points you are missing

You said the AMERICAN PEOPLE... not the military

You do know that the referendum did not have Zelaya running or able to run.

I am proof positive you didn't. As to the Hondurans, interesting thing happened on the way to the forum... usually WE support this crap, any right wing coup is good for us. We haven't. Riddle me this, when was the last time the US Government was behind returning a lefty to power? Now here is more. THe left in LA, lets just say Zelaya is center left, for LatAm, but lefty here. He is mostly center, by the way.

[JackRiddler]

27. Insulted? Please.

[zeemike]

9. Pat Robertson says they did the right thing to overthrow the

elected government.
So now all the right wing christians will be for it too.
These people are nuts and are showing us just what contempt they have for democracy.

[LuckyTheDog]

10. They are preparing us...

... in case they decide to pull the same thing here.

[zeemike]

13. The scary thing is that you could be right n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I'll talk you down, or at least try

what Obama has done so far is so out of step with the HISTORIC NORM, aka OUR administration would be behind it too, it is not even funny.

In fact, perhaps this is the moment we might be able to date the end of Empire.

By the way, some here also support the coup... and others do not realize just how out of step with situation normal this is.

[Fool Count]

19. Never thought? You must be kidding.

Like they never gave any reason to doubt their complete commitment to
democracy before.

[donheld]

21. k & R

[redqueen]

24. Interesting development... "Venzuela: No Zelaya, No Oil"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3958667

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

28. That pleases me.

Of course, the usual knuckledraggers are there, posting their slightly more literate versions of the "Get a Brain! Morans!" sign.

[SidneyCarton]

26. No shocker there

These were the same folks who thought the Argentinian military tossing pregnant women out of planes at 30,000 feet was just fine, so long as the women in question were "marxists."