Slog - Comments on The Making of a Commie

Comment by Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:50:58 -0800

Hey Elian, remember those dolphins who kept you afloat after all your family died, and carried you to safety in the US of A? They told me to tell you 'fuck you!'

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:53:01 -0800

Yay Communism!

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:55:04 -0800

That kid was the worst Olympics mascot ever.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:00:45 -0800

Who knows what kind of man he'll become, Charles? He may even turn out just like you...

Comment by Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist

Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:11:23 -0800

Maybe he'll become so successful a communist that he will be able to run over blonde Americans in his SUV because they look different than he does. And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:21:10 -0800

From what I hear, potentially hot.

Comment by jmr

jmr — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:27:44 -0800

He'll become like every other man in Cuba, professing endless devotion to the Castros until he manages to construct a raft out of plastic bottles, inflated rice bags & driftwood and manages to escape.

Comment by The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver

The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:31:10 -0800

The question is, what kind of country will Cuba become? You know, when it stops being Communist.

Comment by Original Monique

Original Monique — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:38:00 -0800

I thought you made a commie by being a middle class white kid with a trust fund.

Or an older stranger writer who struggles with race issues and a penchant for box houses and star wars.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:42:44 -0800

My guess is he will join his comrades in the McCain/Bush Red Party, and rule America with an iron fist ...

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:45:42 -0800

A bitter, disillusioned man, clinging to his guns and Manifesto....

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:50:00 -0800

My guess he will grow up to be the man with the gun.

Comment by Cato

Cato — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:01:25 -0800

Successor to Raul Castro...Viva la revolution!

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:11:50 -0800

So why didn't the Stranger cover Che getting a statue in his birth country, anyway?

He was way cuter.

Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:26:31 -0800

So the kid joined the Cuban version of the boy scouts. Big deal. I was an altar boy for years. Everyone thought I wanted to be a priest. Boy, were they wrong. I only did it because it was more interesting than just sitting there at mass.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:34:06 -0800

@9: you're confused as to which white kids have trust funds. that would be UPPER class.

Comment by Elite is not Intelligentsia

Elite is not Intelligentsia — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:57:08 -0800

I don't think the phrase UPPER class means what you think it does ...

Unless you've been slumming with Paris Hilton recently.

Comment by Jeff Stevens

Jeff Stevens — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:28:10 -0800

Two words: Michael Corleone.

Comment by RC

RC — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:06:36 -0800

It was obvious from the time of Elian's return that he would receive "special" brainwashing in order to ensure his value as a symbol of the revolution. Unlike the poster @15, his role will not be temporary nor will he have any say as to his future.

Did you know that all children in Cuba have the state as their legal guardian? From birth, parents have no say in what happens to their child.

Comment by Y.F.

Y.F. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:18:25 -0800

He'll grow up to be a man who supports socialized medicine and free education through graduate school. Lousy Bastard!

Comment by Abby

Abby — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:53:33 -0800

@20: he'll be Swedish?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:49:25 -0800

Maybe Danish or Norwegian?

Comment by scott

scott — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:52:26 -0800

What kind of man will Elian become? Who the fuck cares?

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:57:17 -0800

Elian will go on to a rich and full life, close to his people and his family, and all of you bitter commenters will be left with nothing but your hate.

Comment by Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:01:25 -0800

The next step is the Socialist Super Soldier Serum.

Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:38:42 -0800

RC, who did your "special brainwashing"? It's so retro....

Comment by RC

RC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:08:45 -0800

Well, a rich and full life under a repressive totalitarian regime with no freedom of association or of thought but otherwise, yeah, rich and full.

Oh, and we should hope he's not gay because the state treats homosexuals and especially people with AIDS with particular contempt.

@26, Here's the most recent state dept. human rights report on Cuba. It's from 2006 so it's not really that retro.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78887.htm

Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:01:54 -0800

RC, I'm not here to defend Castro - after all, the communists took away some of the best hotels and nightclubs - but your McCarthy-esque speechifying doesn't really do much to promote your viewpoint.

I was in ROTC in college, and sat through way too many lectures that sounded like you sound - even as they acknowledged that the Soviet Union was all but dead, and would collapse on its own within a decade.

Of course, when it did, they all rushed to credit that dottering old nitwit Reagan, because they knew he would keep them in navy blue leisure suits and shiny shoes.

So I, personally, don't particularly object to your message - just the tedious, over-the-top way you deliver it.