Venkatesh Rao@vgrSo these people don't know about the things he did, don't care, or actively approve?Quote Tweetmax seddon@maxseddon·Mar 5, 2016Long line this year to pray at Stalin's grave on the anniversary of his death. He's more popular than ever post-USSR7:31 PM · Mar 5, 20164 Likes
Gary Basin @garybasin·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr @maxseddon hmm my grandmother would curse and praise him in the same sentence11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @garybasin@garybasin @maxseddon Is is legacy more ambiguous than Hitler? Starving all of Ukraine seems pretty terrible to me.2
Tiago Forte@fortelabs·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr @maxseddon in my experience they know but interpret it differently. Like how we justify Indian massacres as necessary for USA2
sol@fire__exit·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr they care about being the sort of person who prays at stalin's grave
@mwiik·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @jamesmcn@jamesmcn @vgr Yeah.Stalin also presided over possibly the largest group of people to cooperate to survive under extreme existential threat.112
@mwiik·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @jamesmcn@jamesmcn @vgr One might check out http://fallen.io to get a comparative picture of what WW2 cost various countries.1
Ежи Пшезьдзецкий@iliaznk·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr @maxseddon they know, but don't care and therefore approve
Artem Gorbyk@ArtemGorbyk·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr @maxseddon or? way oversimplified (and comparison to Hitler is intentionally misleading/bshit). Mix of all three plus other motives