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Liberals hatred of Stalin is unreal (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

i didnt figure it was until folks actually defended it seemingly completely genuinely

you can tell because "its true, generally good guy that made great strides for lgbtq folks" is actually also not an extremely serious statement

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    A whole bunch of people also said that Stalin 100% deserves criticism for failing queer folks.

    i saw, im glad

    The main reason why people rush to make a genuine defense of him - despite Hexbear’s overwhelming support for LGBTQ+ folks - is because the default stance of the propagandized West is that Stalin is effectively synonymous with Hitler, and undermining that attitude is a crucial element of peeling back over a century of anti-communist propaganda.

    i dont think framing him as a purely good person is an effective way to undermine propaganda, especially when i see some hexbears convinced that stalin actually did no wrong, or that his anti LGBTQ policies are just liberal lies

    at that point it seems like the memes meant to undermine western propaganda are actually just propagandising folks in a different direction, instead of making them less susceptible to said propaganda

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