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Trump vs. Castro - Who upsets you more?

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I first want to be up front where I'm coming from. I wasn't a Trump supporter. I lean liberal where it comes to social policy. And I understand people's concerns about a Trump Administration. But after seeing some of the reactions to the death of Fidel Castro, from Obama's tepid equivocation , to Jimmy Carter's sentimental reminiscing , to Jill Stein's salute of honor , to Justin Trudeau's quasi-adulation , I thought it might be instructive for people to reflect on these neutral-to-warm statements about Castro, specifically in the light of their worries about Trump. Consider for a moment some of the fears people have expressed about a Trump presidency: authoritarianism , silencing of dissent , curtailing free press , Hitler comparisons of rounding people up in camps , tearing apart families , use of torture , persecution of homosexuals and targeted religious groups , being anti-Semitic , a threat to democracy , etc. And now compare that with Fidel C