I replied to someone saying that the USSR defeated the Nazis saying that it was a group effort. Got into an argument and called a Nazi repeatedly because "I was mad that the USSR defeated the Nazis and hated them for it" which is ridiculous. This isn't the first time that's happened on Lemmy. What's up with that?
while Churchiloid libs on reddit shake with concern over the smol bean SS-men, we think it would be based
Honestly torture is something I'm opposed to on principle, and it's something I have a visceral reaction to from the cultural memory of seeing how large portions of the US collectively shrugged off or even celebrated Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Yeah I know there's no moral equivalency to be had between "guy the US maybe thinks was a terrorist" and "literal SS officer," but the reflex runs deep.
At the same time, though, I find it absurd to treat "this handful of soldiers (out of millions) took out their anger on one of the perpetrators of the worst crimes imaginable against them" as though it were a meaningful condemnation of the Red Army, and even if it were proven to be true, my honest reaction would be a shrug.