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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by monoideism on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:28PM (#23620551)
Some people remember the horror of Nazi Germany as well as the horror of the Red Terror, Stalinist Russia, and the Cultural Revolution.
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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by wnoise on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:00AM (#23624279)
All that, and the horrors of McCarthyism too.
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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by monoideism on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @10:52PM (#23636393)
You're comparing McCarthyism to the Nazi genocide, the Red Terror, the horror of Stalinism and the Cultural Revolution?
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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by wnoise on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:21PM (#23657191)
I'm saying it's another authoritarian impulse to squash dissent, yes. Smaller magnitude, sure. But that's exactly why you compare things -- to see what's better or worse.
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