To each their own, but MacLeod's rant in defense of Stalin's atrocities completely destroyed any interest I had in ever reading anything by him. There's "has dumb opinions" bad, and then there's "literally morally worse than a Holocaust denier" bad.
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Replying to @johndrewmarkley
Ok, now I'm going to defend MacLeod. He is (or was?) a Trot, but I don't think he's EVER defended Stalin's atrocities. Link? Cc
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Replying to @MorlockP @johndrewmarkley
Here you go: https://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/search?q=Stalin
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Replying to @amendlocke @MorlockP
I was thinking more along the lines of this, it seems the original is no longer on your site but I can confirm that the quotations of you here match my memories: https://marxism.livejournal.com/97963.html
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And I know you backed down, but a man in his 40s publishing an essay about how Hitler's extermination of European Jewry was a necessary and righteous measure to protect Western Civilization from Bolshevism- or it's equivalent-is not exactly a minor youthful indiscretion.
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Replying to @johndrewmarkley @MorlockP
Trying to rationalize the Yezhovschina was inexcusable, and I deeply regret doing so. But to the equation of Communists with Nazis, well - a chacun son boche, mes amis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHKjOl9ocR0 …
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Replying to @amendlocke @johndrewmarkley
It seems to me that your argument that Stalin could be forgiven for killing tens of millions if that's what it took to be ready for the Nazi onslaught ... could defend half of the Nazi policies as well (Stalin is coming!) [ fwiw, I am tempted by your utilitarian argument >>
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Replying to @amendlocke @johndrewmarkley
The Holdmodor (killing 2 - 12 million) was 1932–1933. The Nazis, as they started their rule, already know what Stalin was willing to do to his own people. The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact confirmed that the Soviets were interested in territorial expansion.
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Replying to @MorlockP @johndrewmarkley
'2 - 12' ok this is gonna get tedious and unproductive real fast, and we both have better things to do.
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Well, as Stalin said, 2-12 million murders is a statistic...
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