Oh, so millions of Russian Christians never went to the gulags? Tell me more.
If Germany erected a statue of Hitler, I'd call it progress. They would be overcoming the evil of a collective guilt imposed on them when the country was "de-nazified" after WWII. And I say that acknowledging that Hitler, like Stalin, was an evil man.
I think your thread title would have been more impactful without eluding to "Crypto-Commies". Can you elaborate on why you mentioned that particular demographic?
a) reasoning (love vs hate) implies ones consent to the suggestion (moralism) of others...such consent allows a few to collectivize a many.
b) if few suggest every -ISM and many reason against each other about them, then few control both sides of every conflict the many consent to put themselves into.
Mongolia has a giant statue of Ghengis Khan. Should China be worried? France has Napoleon in an impressive sepulcher. Should England be worried?
This is the same thing, even if I agree that Stalin was evil.
Notice the Orthodox icons right to the left of the statue? That's the opposite of communism.
Russian Orthodox Church was a KGB front during the Soviet Union. You can't be that ignorant.
If Germany would erect statues of Hitler, what would you think about that?
Oh, so millions of Russian Christians never went to the gulags? Tell me more.
If Germany erected a statue of Hitler, I'd call it progress. They would be overcoming the evil of a collective guilt imposed on them when the country was "de-nazified" after WWII. And I say that acknowledging that Hitler, like Stalin, was an evil man.
Maybe they think Stalin will keep them safe from the woke.
Why mention Ukraine? This is about Russia.
Wait, I thought Ukrainians were Nazis?
I think your thread title would have been more impactful without eluding to "Crypto-Commies". Can you elaborate on why you mentioned that particular demographic?
I hate commies.
a) reasoning (love vs hate) implies ones consent to the suggestion (moralism) of others...such consent allows a few to collectivize a many.
b) if few suggest every -ISM and many reason against each other about them, then few control both sides of every conflict the many consent to put themselves into.