November 28, 2008
The Lonesome Loser
In this world there are people that are so small-minded, so hate filled and so stupid that they are beyond description. One of these people has recently renewed his attacks on this blog
But before I tell you about this pitiful wreck of a person, I want to take a minute to talk about Yoani Sanchez and this blog's admiration for her and her work.
When we first became aware of Yoani, through articles in the Wall Street Journal and The Miami Herald, many of us had a lot of questions. It was natural for us to have a lot of questions, after all this was something new, a Cuban in Cuba who was somehow being permitted to voice her opinion in ways others have generally not been permitted to.
Cuba, after all, IS A TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP. For most, this little detail is obvious. Also the fact is that not everything related to Cuba is as it seems. For example, you have a Cuban Air Force officer who "defects" to the United States only to return to Cuba after contributing to the shoot down and murder of four Americans over international waters. We have Cuban-American college professors arrested and convicted as agents of the castro regime. The list of similar betrayals is literally endless. In short, we have reasons to be suspicious of almost anyone.
Since then Yoani's words and actions have spoken and despite some differences of opinion with her on policy, etc. Babalu, its editors and its contributors are completely supportive of Yoani and her Blog Generacion Y. I've spoken about Yoani at international conferences, Val posts entries from the English version of Yoani's blog, many of us nominated Generacion Y for the 2008 Weblog Awards and we extensively covered the castro regime's refusal to let Yoani travel to receive the Ortega Y Gasset journalism award in Spain.
But today a genuine pig of a person has decided to go back in the Babalu archives and retrieve comments from Babalu contributors and commenters from the period during which we were trying to assess who Yoani is and what she is about. That's fine, the comments are there and they are public record. But just as we are responsible for the questioning statements we made at that point in time, we are also responsible for all the other statements we've made in support ever since. For the record, this blog is 100% behind Yoani Sanchez and the incredible job she's done reporting the reality of Cuba today, something that NONE OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS STATIONED IN CUBA have done to date.
The pig of which I speak lives and works among Cuban-Americans yet he shows such little understanding of those around him. He hides behind internet anonymity to try to destroy people and things rather than build them up. He is utterly contemptible. Yet there's a very small part of me that feels sorry for such a lonesome loser.
Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at November 28, 2008 05:53 PM
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Mr. Dick Breath is beyond pathetic. Maybe Santa will send him some KY and maybe that will lighten him up.
Posted by: Cigar Mike Pancier ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at November 28, 2008 08:31 PM
Yoani has more balls than any loser hiding behind any keyboard. And SHE will be the one in the history books, not him.
Posted by: Gigi at November 29, 2008 12:00 AM
You did right to doubt, but honestly this guy isn't worth your time. I don't know anything about this or him but it just isn't worth it. Agree or disagree everyone knows what Babalu is about and where you stand. Don't let him get under your skin, he's just trying to make a name by ripping yours down. Screw him.
Posted by: theCardinal at November 29, 2008 01:30 AM
Well said Henry. Considering that Castro agents have pretty much infiltrated every exile organization, blogs included, it would have been foolish and naive of us to not have questioned Yoani's motives. It's sad that this person has nothing better to do. I have to agree with the Cardinal, he is not worth it. We know he hides his identity, and we know he was blogging on his employers time; in my book that makes him a coward and a thief, and not worthy of Babalu space.
Posted by: Ziva Sahl at November 29, 2008 03:37 AM
Why am I not surprised?
Posted by: AmandaD at November 29, 2008 09:51 AM
These people are relentless in their bombardment towards the Cuban-American community. 100 years from now people will be astonished on how we were able to stick to our beliefs and values.
Posted by: Firefly at November 29, 2008 03:06 PM
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