Thanx to Natalie Kitroeff for shining a light on this fascinating part of the emergent Cuban blogosphere and civil society.
Reading my quotes below (which are accurate) makes me reflect that this group of what I refer to as “
silent dissidents,” are neither very silent nor do they consider themselves dissidents - if the term is understood to mean that they are against the government or against socialism.
However, they do constantly
dissent from official policies - even if they often do so very carefully - "rattling the chain" of reform, while not "touching the monkey" of the system itself - as the Cuban saying goes.
Also, while I say that: “Their big
problem is that they’re constantly biting their tongue.” Such caution might just be their particular
solution, allowing them to be able to express criticism and keep their day jobs in a polarized political context.
