Quote:It's probably safe to say that in this instance, you and Chuck were discussing entirely different things that only shared a common subject -ie the frequency of purges (in your case) and the proclivity to purge (in Chucks case).
Showing that the Nazis had a proclivity to purge (which apparently didn't result in more frequent purges) still doesn't show that fascists generally have a greater proclivity to purge than communists.
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