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Naming the Crime. If what Hitler did was genocide, what do we call what Stalin did?
National Review ^ | 03/18/2011 | Andrew Stutafford

Posted on 03/18/2011 7:33:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 03/18/2011 7:33:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Mass Murder.


2 posted on 03/18/2011 7:38:41 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: SeekAndFind
what do we call what Stalin did?

Today we call it Obamacare!

P.S. don't forget Chairman Mao.


3 posted on 03/18/2011 7:39:11 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: SeekAndFind

And Reverend Wright tells us that Black Liberation Theology is communism (see youtube). Is there any doubt what his plans would be if he were in charge? Oh, but don’t worry. The man now in charge only sat as a member of Wright’s congregation for 17 years.


4 posted on 03/18/2011 7:44:44 AM PDT by Pecos (Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
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Yes Mass Murder but it seems he was intending special treatment for the Jews at the time of his death.


5 posted on 03/18/2011 7:45:19 AM PDT by bkepley
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Stalin was every bit as anti-semitic as Hitler. The difference was that Stalin at times did use Jews when it suited his ends, but he didn’t shed any tears over all of the Soviet Jews that Hitler took care of for him.


6 posted on 03/18/2011 7:47:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

They are both genocide. When you get to that level, it is silly to play the who was worse game from numbers, both are equally bad. One just had more time and different systems that resulted in greater numbers. The level of evil isn’t different, just the efficiency of action.


7 posted on 03/18/2011 7:48:37 AM PDT by mnehring
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I watched some of Piers Morgan’s interview with Netanyahu last night. They were discussing Libya, and at one point, Morgan casually mentioned that what Gadaffi is doing really amounts to genocide. Netanyahu kept a straight face, but I was thinking that this comment was pretty darn inappropriate.


8 posted on 03/18/2011 7:49:42 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: SeekAndFind

freedom, silly


9 posted on 03/18/2011 7:51:10 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (The great American prostate exam continues.)
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Didn't do the Ukrainians any good either!
10 posted on 03/18/2011 7:54:21 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Comicide.


11 posted on 03/18/2011 7:55:50 AM PDT by hflynn
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Yes, look at any commie country and youll see a THIN have class and a very very thick have not class. Basically a tiny minority lives the life of luxury while the rest work (and starve) to feed the haves. I’ve seen it up close and personal and I’m glad to be an American....very very glad. Living among such a culture would be an eye opener for the Left’s useful idiot class. What the terminally stupid of this country are clamoring for is slavery. Is that what they really desire?

That said lets not forget our evil, abortion, when discussing Hitler, Stalin and genocide. Can we condemn Hitler and Stalin and not, at the same time, ourselves? I think not b/c we’ve murdered at least a full generation for nothing more than money and convenience. Not only have we committed murder but we preyed on those we should have protected b/c they were powerless to defend or speak for themselves.


12 posted on 03/18/2011 7:55:52 AM PDT by 556x45
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Actually there is a name for what Stalin did, “Holodomor”, which is translated to “killing by hunger”


13 posted on 03/18/2011 7:56:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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The “difference” was that Hitler’s actions were primarily racial while Stalin’s were primarily political although there is plenty of overlap between the two. As for their victims, there was no difference.
It’s striking to continue to read how one is (rightfully) vilified - that being Hitler - and one is explained away - that being Stalin - by our leftist friends.
I am more convinced than ever that leftism (or progressivism) has NO moral compass; it exists only for the sake of power over the individual.


14 posted on 03/18/2011 8:07:31 AM PDT by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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I should think that the American abortionists have far exceeded anything that Pol Pot, Mao Tse-Tung, Stalin, and Hitler could ever have done. Well over 50 million and counting . . . Can anyone top that??????


15 posted on 03/18/2011 8:08:23 AM PDT by laweeks
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16 posted on 03/18/2011 8:10:23 AM PDT by cranked
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Obummer is a tool, he’s too stupid to be classified in the same level of evil as the other two guys


17 posted on 03/18/2011 8:11:41 AM PDT by Cronos ("They object to tradition saying that they themselves are wiser than the apostles" - Ire.III.2.2)
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I think it is legitimate to characterize the communist outrages of the 20th century as a holocaust. In terms of their brutality and sheer numbers, the atrocities of Stalin, Mao, and Castro certainly rival Hitler’s.


18 posted on 03/18/2011 8:11:52 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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I think it is legitimate to characterize the communist outrages of the 20th century as a holocaust. In terms of their brutality and sheer numbers, the atrocities of Stalin, Mao, and Castro certainly rival Hitler’s.

Actually, in terms of sheer numbers, they dwarf Hitler's efforts.
19 posted on 03/18/2011 8:18:39 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SeekAndFind

Genocide on steroids?


20 posted on 03/18/2011 8:20:26 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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