"I mean, I once told my mom that Stalin did nothing wrong" -- "I think he hurt gay people and was antisemitic but libs dont talk about that because I guess that implies homophobia was bad"

goat · 1 year ago

"I mean, I once told my mom that Stalin did nothing wrong" -- "I think he hurt gay people and was antisemitic but libs dont talk about that because I guess that implies homophobia was bad"

Live Your Lives@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

In my experience, people like this actually know history pretty well, it just happens to be a very selective and misrepresentative version of it. It’s like trying to fight with a flat earther: you really have to know your stuff before you can take them on.