The Venezuelan socialist regime has just sentenced a 65-year-old doctor, Marggie Orozco, to 30 years in prison for criticizing the regime of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in a WhatsApp voice note in 2024. Orozco was reportedly found guilty of “treason to the fatherland, incitement to hatred, and conspiracy” in complaining about the regime’s distribution of the often hard-to-find domestic gas cylinders in her community. She has already suffered two heart attacks in the last two years, including one while in prison.
Some on the left, including members of the Chicago Teachers’ Union, have praised Venezuela despite being a brutal authoritarian regime.
This conviction was notably under the regime’s “anti-hate speech” law for those spreading “hateful content.”
As many in the West denounce this conviction, it is important to note that Western countries use the same ill-defined laws to punish citizens in their own countries for “inciting hatred” or spreading dangerous disinformation. In the United Kingdom, a person was convicted for having “toxic ideologies.” A woman in the UK was arrested for silently praying near an abortion clinic.
Canada has used the same rationales as Russia for punishing its citizens for political views.
The difference appears not to be the limits on free speech but who is yielding these powers. It is like arguing that your country may have the same authoritarian laws, but it is a benign authoritarianism.
If the Orozco case disgusts you, you should also be disgusted by Western countries and the European Union wielding the same powers.
From CNN. October 2023, Hillary Clinton called for the “formal deprogramming” of “MAGA cult members” in a CNN interview. She did not use the specific phrase “reeducation camp,” but political commentators and opponents subsequently used this term in their criticism of her comments.
In the last line CNN tried to clean it up. “Formal deprogramming” is no different than reeducation camps.
They said, see we fact checked it and her critics were wrong? Think of the physical ways that deprograming would entail. Had she been elected she would have used the force of the law just like Biden did to shut us up. There’s not an ounce of difference between Clinton, Biden and Maduro. It’s not difficult to observe the love affair with these three and the socialist posters on this blog. I left out Walz having his honeymoon in Communist China and Bernie Sanders celebrating his marriage in Russia. When we think of all the successes in history of socialism how can we not understand stand it?
“We didn’t love freedom enough.”—Aleksadr Solzhenitsyn
This is a harbinger for those who embrace, “democratic socialism,” which is nothing less than communism with some whipped cream and sprinkles on top.
Can one buy that flavor at Ben & Jerrys?
Now do Israel and the right. Moron.
TDS again ?
Whatever idiotic thing might have been said, 30 years for simply talking. Allow that to sink in.
Let this be a warning, as it would be us if Kamala had won. The midterms are likely going to be more important than the general: vote your asses off against the DNC madness. They cannot have majority power over any branch, ever again. They can parse out the particulars themselves, they painted their pwn corner.
30 years. Welcome to Venezuela.
Pretty similar to the Trump admin deporting a legal immigrant for criticism of her school’s investments.
Please share the name of the “legal Immigrant” that was somehow deported. Why the lies?
Share the name of a non existent person? Won’t be happening…. He\She made it up out of thin air.
cite the name of this “legal” person and the court ordered documents that deported her, otherwise you are just another conduit of prog misinformation, doing your job as a tool for the America-hating crowd.
Ok ok, his name was Jose’ Jiminez…
you are pretty stupid. She was deported for being an ILLEGAL immigrant!
Absolutely jailing a critic for the rest of their life – taking away their natural right to liberty is the same as sending someone home.
While the claim you made is bogus – even the hoax you tried to shill is not at all like what is happening in Venezeuala or even the UK
some one reply why the lies ? why ask; because they can and it’s post-truth for the left.