Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 5, 2016So 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-USSR84
Gary Basin @garybasin·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr @maxseddon hmm my grandmother would curse and praise him in the same sentence11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @garybasin@garybasin @maxseddon Is is legacy more ambiguous than Hitler? Starving all of Ukraine seems pretty terrible to me.7:45 PM · Mar 5, 2016
@mwiik·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr @garybasin @maxseddon It’s difficult for me to see **any** positive things that Hitler did, unless one wishes to count the Autobahn.
crepuscular dispatch@schakalsynthetc·Mar 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr imo yes. anecdotally I hear way more ambivalence abt Stalin from fSU than abt Hitler from any Nazi occupied ppl @garybasin @maxseddon1