Media Backlash when the Manics Visited Cuba

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It's that they were so politically outspoken, yet still idealistically treated Castro, a dictator, as some sort of socialist god, and Cuba as some sort of socialist utopia. It was just so inconsistent with their generally politically moral status, and taking a trip to Cuba just seemed to almost be a parody of their socialist ideals.

Comparing Clinton to Castro is a bit silly. Castro is a dictator, and has oppressed his own people. The Manics' idolisation of Castro was more akin to George Galloway's rants against "murderers" like Blair and Bush, and then going off to shake Saddam Hussein's hand