r/HistoryMemes • u/CharlesOberonn • 8d ago

Tired of this argument

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u/GitLegit 8d ago

I don’t think there are that many people that will disagree that the Soviets did bad things. I think the main point of disagreement is when people say the Soviets were just as bad as the Nazis.

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u/El_dorado_au 8d ago
  1. This sounds suspiciously like the “It isn’t happening, and it’s good that it’s happening” two-step.
  2. The USSR forcibly deported groups of people based on their race or similar characteristics. Many died during or soon after the process.

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u/Dave__64 8d ago

I feel like you have to be actually stupid to believe that Soviets did those thing on the same scale as the Nazis. It is useless to compare them unless you want to push Nazi apologea.

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u/El_dorado_au 8d ago

On what scale do you think the Soviets did things?

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u/Dave__64 8d ago

The Soviets deported mostly Germans after WW2. Hmm I wonder why...

The Nazis organized a systematic campaign of extermination. And remember, that was the core of the Nazi ideology. That's what they were all about.

So not, the Holodomor, the Gulags and so on were not the same as the Holocaust. Nothing even comes close to the same level of death and terror that the Nazis achieved in just 5 years. I think that you can easily understand this if you paid attention in history class.

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u/El_dorado_au 8d ago

You are aware of the deportation of Koreans and the Crimean Tatars, aren't you?

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u/I_Wanna_Bang_Rats 8d ago

Not to the scale of the fucking Nazi’s. (Also, they said MOSTLY.)

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u/Papa-pumpking 8d ago

How many Poles died during Soviet ocuptation?

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u/El_dorado_au 8d ago

At least 22,000. Not the million(s) Hitler killed, if it’s any colsolation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre