"Word of Mouth"

My good friend José Reyes from Cubanology.com, has very generously agreed to be my guest, and as such has penned an outstanding editorial  on the importance of  "Word of Mouth" communication.

It's a gem:

“Word of Mouth”

     The term “word of mouth” is a very interesting phrase but is also a very interesting concept. According to Dictionary.com “word of mouth” means: 1. Informal oral communication. 2. Spoken communication. Being that I’m a Cuban-American, the phrase “word of mouth” has been a very important tool for me and for all Cuban exiles around the world. You can say it has been the most significant way for us to teach our fellow citizens who are not aware of the so-called “Cuban Conflict”.  By no means do I interpret and classify the 49+ years of a communist totalitarian dictatorship by the Castro regime as a Cuban Conflict, but unfortunately it is where I have to exert more energy and time explaining to most of my incoherent listeners. Please don’t get me wrong, there are many who are very aware of the “real’ Cuban situation, that’s for sure, but unfortunately there are some who do not have a clue. Now before I continue and this is directed at Cuban exiles only, please tell me the truth, when you have the time and you see the perfect opportunity, do you somehow try to turn a conversation with someone who is non Cuban towards the subject of Cuba? Most of the times the big question you ask is “what nationality are you?” Or, “where were you born?” This will certainly trigger a reply from the person to ask the same, you know what comes next. Come on, you know I’m right here, I do it all the time, we are proud people, we have to get the word out, it’s in all of us, people must know, it’s very important and it’s very educational also, “word of mouth” baby! As for being educational to us, it’s not anymore, but to our captivated listeners it sure is, because it is a very interesting subject. Cuba has a kind of aura affect to many non-Cubans. Maybe it’s the physical beauty or the music and the main culprit, the longevity of the Castro regime. These are the reasons and a few more why the conversation will be intriguing. And because of these reasons we are awarded with the perfect opportunity to get our point across and set the facts straight, it is very beneficial.

     For many Cuban exiles it is a type of mechanism to release their frustrations, yes, I’m sorry to say but there is frustration there! Believe me, when you read the New York Times and see all the phony propaganda the MSM (Main Stream Media) preaches, anyone would understand. Those things do tick us off but throughout the years we have learn to deal with it and actually have armed ourselves with various weapons to defend ourselves. For example, now that we are in 2008, it’s been roughly 5 to 6 years that we have acquired a very powerful and advantageous tool for communicating and expressing the truth to the public, or like I mentioned before, teaching the unaware public the reality of Cuba. The main form of communication is the Internet, the World Wide Web. For a matter of fact, by our extraordinary efforts within the Internet we have helped non-Cubans not to just understand our plight but also to understand how the MSM has been tricking and basically lying to them all along concerning issues that do not apply to Cuba at all. One Plus One Equals Two, if you have been lying all along about the reality of Cuba then you surely have been lying about other things also, we have undoubtedly have provided others with many trustworthy examples. These examples backed by facts can apply to their specific interests that do not deal with the Cuban situation; we’ve been very helpful in that respect. By non-Cubans I am certainly not just talking about English speaking only, my fellow friends. There is an array of Cuban exile Blogs and Websites that are on the Internet who are also teaching Spanish speaking non-Cubans about the reality of Communism in Cuba. There is interaction between all these informative blogs and websites, we are conglomeration. We help each other by exchanging facts between ourselves so we could transform it into word of mouth. With our hardships we have the attention of many Latin American countries like Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil that are sample tasting the harsh realities that the Cuban people inside and outside of Cuba have been experiencing for the last 49 years. We are warning the world by providing them with alarming and discouraging facts concerning socialism, communism and now, the new name it’s disguised under, social-democracy. Not to mention, for those who live here in America, we are defending ourselves constantly for freedom of speech, our first amendment, we also have our problems concerning government issues.   

     So by now you must be asking, why is this article named Word of Mouth? Well, writing is word of mouth, not physically but it translates and becomes “Word of Mouth”, it actually works as an advantage and reinforces the act of Spoken Communication and Informal Oral Communication like Dictionary.com defines it.  If you do not feel it applies, then; let me ask you another question, how do you think Communist, Fascist propaganda worked in the past?  With pamphlets, photo copies of words that became word of mouth and changed the perspectives of the unaware.  This brings me back to the Internet, which is the main reason I wrote this article and named it “Word of Mouth” This precious tool that most of us globally have in our grasp is the best way to achieve our goals concerning all the false information there is around the world.  We finally have a way to combat all the totalitarian, fascist, communist dictatorships around the world.  And the great thing about the internet is that we have Video, Audio and Graphic-Still pictures to prove our point. Our enemy is doomed, they have no answer to this advancement we have acquired, for a matter of fact; their first priority in maintaining power is to eliminate the Internet so they can control their enslaved citizens. No matter how they try to go around it, even by using the internet themselves as a propaganda tool, they always lose. Why? Because in order to do so they need to limit and discriminate the users to their advantage and that means depriving millions from getting online and that translates to negative “Word of Mouth.” Everyone knows that in Cuba the Internet is unavailable to the general public, that’s the Word of mouth, the same is happening in China, Iran, North Korea and many other countries around the world.  There are some individuals who have recently taken over, for example Chavez and Lula, that have the Internet still operating in their respected countries; they are loosing the battle also.  Their next desperate move would be to forcibly become dictators so they can continue in power and in turn, shut the information highway down. If these murderous so-called leaders were so good for their people, why don’t they provide Internet service to them all? Folks, you all know the answer to that, everyone does. The MSM is losing also, with all their conniving tricks; they are out of their league when it comes to the internet. The reason is that the tools they use on the Internet are also available to everyone else and they are free for everyone to use. Actually, I personally feel they made a grave mistake when they entered cyberspace but I guess they had no choice, the word of mouth was that the Internet was proving them wrong. Thank God for the Internet, the PC (Political Correction) Police can’t stop us now; that’s the “WORD OF MOUTH”, spread the Word!!!

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Comments

[COMPANIONI]

Radio Bemba, loose lip radio,web logs - like the truth on super charger. as usual the insightful mind of Jose Reyes nails the Cuban condition on the head by pointing out how the resourceful mind of cubans dealing with pysic damage have auto cured themselves redirecting the stress by the simple act of talking with others and venting their knowledge about "The Real Cuba".

[Flanders Fields]

Great article by Mr. Reyes, and you have a great site, BFC.

The way I see it is that everyone is against communism. It is just that not everyone has experienced the effects of it in order to know that it should be actively resisted and defeated. Your articles can be helpful in waking up a few of those many bimbos who don't know anything about communism or Marxist doctrine and methods.

Your site deals with the problems which are faced in a country known to be under a communist regime. Your message would be more easily digested if other people knew, and could recognize that they, too, are under attack by the same Leftist forces. Now, Marxists and communists, along with their sympathizers are projecting strength in all our Western countries.

We basically have these problems:

The Marxist educators and media are teaching leftist doctrine faster than we can dispel it with truth.

They have captive audiences in schools and media markets.

They have networks set up which are funded with our taxpayers dollars, which support each other in promoting socialism and Marxist thought. This is in happening in each of our countries as well as transnationally and internationally.

The media is transnational with control apparatus which is Marxist.

They have evolved our institutions such as jails and other services into a "privatized system" which increasingly is utilized for newly preached warfare {race and class} against patriots in all our countries.

They have political apparatus at the top ends of our major parties which select among the candidates to determine who the people will be allowed to vote for.

The Marxists "flood the market" with revisionist historys' of our countries and with slick sites which are trained to confuse issues and to turn truth into just another part of their dialectic messages.

I don't know if there are other things which you would add or minimize on that list, but you and Cubanology have enough experience in that department to give us some guidance.

Thanks for your good work which is becoming more important all the time.

[Cubanology]

Well, thank you very much Flanders Fields, I try my best to explain to everyone and I try to make it as simple as it can be. Confusion is the weapon the "Left" always chooses to use. It is much easier for me to understand, my fellow Cuban-Americans have experienced it also and they understand as well. But there are others who don't see the freight train in their rear view mirror and coming on strong! Everything you have mentioned is 100% fact and the sad thing is that it's happening right here in America also and at the present moment. The media is officially driving that freight train and Obama is their crown jewel, their puppet of choice. You really cannot blame the American public because they have never experienced Socialism, but its right there on their doorstep. It is totally unconstitutional, what the MSM is trying to pull off here. Thanks again!