Quico vs. Maisantabot
Quico says: Check out my Battle Royale with VIC (Britain’s VIO equivalent) chavista extraordinaire Redmond O’Neill on The Guardian’s Comment is Free section.
The back-and-forth was…um, an odd experience. Most of the time, I had the distinct impression that I was dabating a Chavista Propaganda Text Generator rather than, y’know, an actual sentient being. I mean, Jesus, the guy’s name starts with Red…maybe I shouldn’t have been so surprised.
Still, it made me stop and think: for all the millions upon millions Chávez spends on PR abroad, he really buys himself an appalling standard of propaganda. Just shoddy, shoddy stuff.
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