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Black Lives Matter’s Disturbing Letter Praising Cuban Dictator: ‘Castro Vive!’

Amanda Prestigiacomo

The left has a bad habit of rationalizing evil, and this weekend was an eye-opening reminder of just that. In the wake of the death of murderous Cuban dictator Fidel Castro on Friday, the anti-police group Black Lives Matter disturbingly praised and defended the human rights oppressor via a letter posted in Medium, entitled “Lessons from Fidel: Black Lives Matter and the Transition of El Comandante.”

The letter, which was also posted on Twitter by the Black Lives Matter Twitter account and its Facebook page, opens by excusing Castro’s “flaws”—otherwise known as the imprisonment, torture and murder of dissidents for 47 years—and calling on Black Lives Matter members to not only “come to the defense of El Comandante,” but to learn from the dictator:

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