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Ken Burch

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21. A Tory government backed Franco in the Thirties.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #20)

Sat Oct 28, 2017, 03:14 PM

Oct 2017

With the Tories, nothing has changed.

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Scots launch Catalan Defence Committee to defend democracy [View all] Ken Burch Oct 2017 OP

It is good to see all such groups supporting Catalan and Spanish civil society Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #1

It's the Spanish government that is anti-democratic Ken Burch Oct 2017 #2

Well, then, I have to recommend you re-check (and improve the quality of) your sources. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #3

(on edit)I read that editorial Ken Burch Oct 2017 #4

"Risking their lives" is a massive exaggeration, but par for the propaganda course... Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #5

It can't be democratic to suppress Catalan sovereigntism by state violence. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #6

Please read more widely, reflect more deeply. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #7

In Spain, the "Rule of Law" is an essentialky Carlist/Fascist concept. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #10

You know these things how, may I ask? Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #11

Oh, I see. What a silly question to pose to a post-truther Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #15

I don't think quoting an opinion piece by a non-Catalan author, Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #8

Madrid-based El Pais is no more a "state mouthpiece" than London-based Guardian is. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #9

It was not always part of Spain. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #12

It was then a part of Spain. That was a civil war (about Monarchy), with much outside interference. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #13

Really? The Guardian's even worse than I thought then (which is pretty bad). Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #14

Ah, a little nuance Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #16

Not sure I get your drift, nor appreciate your tone. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #17

Fine. If it's all about the selfish interests of (some people of) Scotland, Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #18

But these issues aren't separable. We are linked and mutually interdependent in a finite world. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #19

UK 'won't recognise' Catalan independence T_i_B Oct 2017 #20

A Tory government backed Franco in the Thirties. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #21

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