Filmmaker Michael Moore only not loves Cuban dictators, he hates Cuban Americans.
See for yourself by reading this excerpt from one of his books, in which he blames Cubans for everything from the assassination of John Kennedy, the resignation of Richard Nixon and the flow of drugs into the country.
He also called us "wimps."
Moore writes:
Miami. is there that a nutty bunch of Cuban exiles have controlled U.S. foreign policy regarding this insignificant island nation. These Cubans, many of whom were Batista supporters and lived high on the hog while that crook ran the country, seem not to have slept a wink since they grabbed their assets and headed to Florida.And, since 1960, they have insisted on pulling us into their madness. Why is it that in every incident of national torment that has deflated our country for the past three decades-the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, IranContra, our drug abuse epidemic-the list goes on and on-we find that the Cuban exiles are always present and involved? First it was Lee Harvey Oswald's connection to the Cubans in New Orleans. (Or was it the Cuban exiles acting alone to kill Kennedy, or Castro ordering the assassination 'cause he just got bored with Kennedy trying to bump him off? Whichever theory you subscribe to, the Cubans are lurking in the neighborhood.)
Then, on the night of June 17, 1972, three Cubans- Bernard Barker, Eugenio Martinez, and Virgilio Gonzalez (plus Americans Frank Sturgis and James McCord Jr.)-were caught breaking into the Watergate offices of the chairman of the Democratic Party. This covert operation eventually brought down Richard Nixon, (so I guess there is a silver lining to that particular Cuban-exile operation).
Today, Barker and Gonzalez are considered heroes in Miami's Cuban community. Martinez, later pardoned by Ronald Reagan, is the only one who feels bad. "I did not want myself to be involved in the downfall of the President of the United States." Oh, well, how nice of you!
Read the rest of this hate, in English and in Spanish, here.
And think what would have happened if Moore had written something like this about black Americans or Jewish Americans. You would have never gotten Al Sharpton to shut up, and rightfully so.
But Moore targeted those "crazy Cubans" in Miami and elsewhere, so he gets a free pass.
Well, this time, with his moviemaking stunt in Cuba, Moore went too far, using the sad plight of true American heroes to pay homage to a dictator and to stick it to his country. Not just Cuban Americans, but all Americans, need to get mad.
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