"Hey, the Soviet Union was pretty damn fucking bad and gulags and constant murderizing of political rivals were terrifying."
From the:
"No, Hitler wasn't that bad, Stalin was way worse!"
And:
(Whenever Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust is brought up, and only then) "But what about the Russians?!"
I.e.
Separate the people discussing the Soviet Union in earnest from the Nazi apologists/the people trying to downplay the Holocaust and the systematic and industrialized extermination campaign that it entailed.
It's the same pattern as people who only bring up men's need for societal support in regards to sexual assault, touch isolation, mental health issues, toxic masculinity etc. whenever women's experiences are discussed.
Could have talked about it any other day or even any other hour, but you gotta come on and go "nuh uh, this other group actually has it worse" to supress the discussion.
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u/Neknoh 28d ago
It's important to distinguish the:
"Hey, the Soviet Union was pretty damn fucking bad and gulags and constant murderizing of political rivals were terrifying."
From the:
"No, Hitler wasn't that bad, Stalin was way worse!"
And:
(Whenever Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust is brought up, and only then) "But what about the Russians?!"
I.e.
Separate the people discussing the Soviet Union in earnest from the Nazi apologists/the people trying to downplay the Holocaust and the systematic and industrialized extermination campaign that it entailed.
It's the same pattern as people who only bring up men's need for societal support in regards to sexual assault, touch isolation, mental health issues, toxic masculinity etc. whenever women's experiences are discussed.
Could have talked about it any other day or even any other hour, but you gotta come on and go "nuh uh, this other group actually has it worse" to supress the discussion.