“The only good Communists are dead Communists.”
That said, Free Republic has several Putin acolytes...
How does that happen? “
I dunno... maybe read the article.
“...one of Lenin’s most strident critics is Vladimir Putin, ...”
So, using the Guardian’s logic, Fannie Kaplan and Molotov were pining for the Czar? Despite being huge communists in their own right? Just because they like Putin also made criticisms of Lenin (heck, tried to assassinate Lenin in the case of Fanny)?
And last I checked, the event that Putin called the greatest geopolitical disaster in history was the fall of the USSR, NOT the fall of Czarist Russia (ie, 1917), and he also still had Lenin statues installed in Ukraine, not to mention despite having plenty of opportunities to use his clout to shut down the Lenin Mausoleum and bury him in an unmarked grave at best, he still keeps it open. That sounds like he’s more in favor of Communism than for Imperial Russia.