Yeah, but you know he must have had a good reason for doing these things. It was for the people, after all.
Don't you know the truth about Castro? Dictators do dictatorial things. He won independence! Plus, he was so brave in how he set himself up as a wealthy dictator for life! Why, just early today, I heard someone wax eloquent on how brave Castro was, in fighting against Batista and storming military barracks, rifle in hand! How could a brave man be a bad man?
After all, Castro, when he was arrested and tried in 1953, was tried before an independent court, which went against the wishes of Batista in a number of important respects. That is very inefficient; it would have been much more efficient to use show trials or summary executions, like Castro did against his enemies, and execute any judges who try to dissent.
What does it matter that Castro ran a brutal, repressive state? Isn't it much better, after all, that people be tortured by communists, rather than capitalists? Torture of the People, by the People, I say!
Only a total weasel could do anything but celebrate Castro's splendid legacy.
