(you forgot to switch to your alt for the second comment btw)
No you're missing the point. You don't have to choose a side and go to bat for it. You don't have to defend Batista and reject Castro and what he originally wanted for the Cuban people (or vice versa!). You can understand what each side wanted during the conflict, read into what they did and who they were supported by (note: the Cuban population supported Castro). It's not binary - Castro wasn't a universally good person to be worshipped, far from it. That kind of flawless person never exists.
Take George Washington (yes yes, whataboutism I don't care). He stood up to the Brits, and kicked the fuck out of them. That's good! As a Brit I can say that's a fucking good thing to have done. And yet we can acknowledge he was a slaver who likely did a lot of shitty things in his life. That doesn't mean the USA is bad - it just shows you can't draw a nice clean good/bad line, it's messier than that.
dang|3 years ago
Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
smcl|3 years ago
No you're missing the point. You don't have to choose a side and go to bat for it. You don't have to defend Batista and reject Castro and what he originally wanted for the Cuban people (or vice versa!). You can understand what each side wanted during the conflict, read into what they did and who they were supported by (note: the Cuban population supported Castro). It's not binary - Castro wasn't a universally good person to be worshipped, far from it. That kind of flawless person never exists.
Take George Washington (yes yes, whataboutism I don't care). He stood up to the Brits, and kicked the fuck out of them. That's good! As a Brit I can say that's a fucking good thing to have done. And yet we can acknowledge he was a slaver who likely did a lot of shitty things in his life. That doesn't mean the USA is bad - it just shows you can't draw a nice clean good/bad line, it's messier than that.