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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by thrden on Sunday October 07, 2018 @06:09PM (#18162887)
I know this has already been down voted, but I want to point out that this exact dialog was invented by the soviet union to distract from their abysmal human rights records[1]. Moreover, it doesn't even make sense as a deflection given that the Soviet Union had institutional racism at a very high level, ranging from antisemitism [2] to ethnic cleansing[3] to outright genocide[3]. America is certainly guilty of racism, and we should discuss these issues. However, it should not be used as a weapon to defend evil regimes.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_and_antisemitism

[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_Soviet_Union#Kor...

[4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by prolikewh0a on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @08:59AM (#18175525)
It still happened in the USA and I don't think the above comment was defending either side. The USA is just as evil and always has been.
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