Rand Paul says there's "nothing sexy about Communism" http://www.buzzfeed.com/markarce/rand-paul-links-bernie-sanders-to-millions-of-deaths-under-m#.vrGejNP4wg … has he even SEEN Young Stalin?pic.twitter.com/emYaaxDYRb
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@steveklabnik ... you capture all of the in-group signaling benefits of saying "I like Stalin." This is discursively problematic.
@patio11 ... some people will say that's "apologizing", even though it's really a question of Red Scare, etc.
@patio11 i mean, it's also problematic generally since stalin is such a polarizing figure. like, I could say "I'm not a tankie, but
@patio11 ... it is true that more contemporary historians suggest that the Holodomor wasn't literally stalin trying to commit genocide" but
@patio11 some of this boils down to "there's basically no subtlety in online discourse, no nuance allowed", which is unfortunate.
@patio11 @steveklabnik more to the point, if there are things that are sexy about Communism, Stalin isn't one of 'em (even if he was hot)
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