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Seven Ways of Looking at Dennis Rodman
March 5, 2013
By Bruce Bawer
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4. And lets not lose sight of this: Rodman is part of a long and ignoble tradition. As John Avlon noted the other day in an article for CNN, Charles Lindbergh befriended Hitler, Paul Robeson palled around with Stalin, and Gabriel García Márquez was chummy with Castro. Avlon also lists a number of celebs who, out of sheer cluelessness, have accepted huge sums of money to perform for the likes of Qaddafi but thats not quite the same topic. Surprisingly, theres a bunch of big names Avlon left out. Since I live in Norway, I immediately thought of explorer-hero Thor Heyerdahl (also a buddy of Castros), and novelist Knut Hamsun (who met Hitler, wrote a eulogy for him, and sent Goebbels his Nobel Prize). But why didnt Avlon mention Hugo Chávezs many Hollywood comrades, most notably Sean Penn (who campaigned with him last fall and called him inspiring), but also Danny Glover, Naomi Campbell, Tim Robbins, Benecio del Toro (star of the Che Guevara films), and Kevin Spacey? Even dopey showbiz-gossip magazines, websites, and TV shows have raised eyebrows over these famous folks fascination with the Venezuelan strongman. Why no mention by Avlon of Oliver Stone, who in addition to schmoozing Chávez also made a hagiographic film about Fidel, telling reporters that the American attitude to Castro is so caricatured. Hes the guy with the beard, hes a commie, hes the guy you have to attack right away with How many people are in prison? When will you hold elections? These very negative and hostile questions that set the wrong tonality. The wrong questions are being asked.
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So virulent is this racism that women who are imprisoned for having escaped to China, and who carry Chinese seed, are routinely subjected by jailers to beatings or hard labor until they abort spontaneously. In cases where the repatriated woman gives birth, writes Kirkpatrick, her newborn is taken away from her. The infant is drowned, smothered, left outside in the elements, or clubbed to death.
Have a nice trip back, Dennis! Say hi to your new friend.
Seven Ways of Looking at Dennis Rodman
March 5, 2013
By Bruce Bawer
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4. And lets not lose sight of this: Rodman is part of a long and ignoble tradition. As John Avlon noted the other day in an article for CNN, Charles Lindbergh befriended Hitler, Paul Robeson palled around with Stalin, and Gabriel García Márquez was chummy with Castro. Avlon also lists a number of celebs who, out of sheer cluelessness, have accepted huge sums of money to perform for the likes of Qaddafi but thats not quite the same topic. Surprisingly, theres a bunch of big names Avlon left out. Since I live in Norway, I immediately thought of explorer-hero Thor Heyerdahl (also a buddy of Castros), and novelist Knut Hamsun (who met Hitler, wrote a eulogy for him, and sent Goebbels his Nobel Prize). But why didnt Avlon mention Hugo Chávezs many Hollywood comrades, most notably Sean Penn (who campaigned with him last fall and called him inspiring), but also Danny Glover, Naomi Campbell, Tim Robbins, Benecio del Toro (star of the Che Guevara films), and Kevin Spacey? Even dopey showbiz-gossip magazines, websites, and TV shows have raised eyebrows over these famous folks fascination with the Venezuelan strongman. Why no mention by Avlon of Oliver Stone, who in addition to schmoozing Chávez also made a hagiographic film about Fidel, telling reporters that the American attitude to Castro is so caricatured. Hes the guy with the beard, hes a commie, hes the guy you have to attack right away with How many people are in prison? When will you hold elections? These very negative and hostile questions that set the wrong tonality. The wrong questions are being asked.
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So virulent is this racism that women who are imprisoned for having escaped to China, and who carry Chinese seed, are routinely subjected by jailers to beatings or hard labor until they abort spontaneously. In cases where the repatriated woman gives birth, writes Kirkpatrick, her newborn is taken away from her. The infant is drowned, smothered, left outside in the elements, or clubbed to death.
Have a nice trip back, Dennis! Say hi to your new friend.
Seven Ways of Looking at Dennis Rodman
. I agree people need to stop talking about this. I don't even know how to describe it. Publicity stunt? Does Rodman have anything to promote? Did the idea for this mission come in a dream? How was he even able to get into North Korea in the first place 
