Posted on 02/28/2006 9:47:56 AM PST by neverdem
More misinformation from the Boston globe ping.
Gulag denial is just as bad as Holocaust denial....we must keep reminding the left of that fact.
This'll make the leftist, socialist, commie, fascist lib-dem trash here, happy, as he's one of their icons.
Dead wrong. Nazism was in a sense an aberration in German identity and history. That's why it has been possible to repudiate it - it does not go to the roots of "Germanity". Stalinism, OTOH, was not an aberration but an adequate and direct manifestation of a pretty long and sordid historical identity. That's why there are such difficulties with its repudiation.
The Globe is spinning statistics to create a falisy. The majority of Russians if you read the article do not feel Stalins effect was positive. Futher of those who do many consider that Russia would probably speak german today if not for Stalin in WWII, they still regard Stalin as an evil bastard but regard his somewhat more of his actions as having been positive than negative.
The Globe is spinning a tall tail. I'll take Secretary Rice over them any day:
Statements by Secretary Rice:
"I want to be very clear. It isn't the Soviet Union. You know this place. This Russian Government is not the Soviet Government and sometimes people overstate this to say things have gone all the way back"
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2006/59375.htm
"This is not the Soviet Union; let's not overstate the case. I was a Soviet specialist. I can tell you that Russia bears almost no resemblance to the Soviet Union."
http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/2006-41-23.cfm
Russia sucks.
Its really imaginary propping up of one of their heros by a leftist publication.
If you read the whole article it's clear that the data does not support the assertions.
GSlob is a racist (he's called Russians baboons on other threads). Just an FYI.
As for 'deep reasons' you'll note that GSlob never mentions what the deep reasons are or provide any support for them, he just insist they exist.
Most Russians hate Stalin, and i know this having been there, but even the article makes that fact plain.
Who said the atheists don't beleive in God?
At least Stalin made the trains to Siberia run on time!
I heard their is trend in russia now to be sporting clothing with CCCP written on it. Its considered hip now.
That american figure skater, Johnny Weir, was seen at the olympics wearing a jacket with CCCP on it. What a moron.
Target of opportunity, IMO.
Cathy Young is a libertarian, and is herself an immigrant from Russia. Although she was still a child when she came here, she knows the true evil of communism. She isn't someone I always agree with, but she's very careful with the facts.
The story I'd heard is that SSSR clothing was popular at the Olympics this year, not in Russia.
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