(July 31, 2012 at 8:24 pm)Rhythm Wrote: What argument, that:
"Well, the people famous for "purging" were the Communists (Stalin), not the fascists."
From where I stand they both seem equally famous. Lets not forget here that jews also stood opposed to the ideology of their (The Nazi's) party and were dealt with in a manner not entirely dissimilar to the manner in which any dissident (whether real or perceived) of any oppressive totalitarian regime has been dealt with -historically speaking.
I should have been more careful in my argument. I would restate it as something like:
"The people most closely associated with 'purging' were the Communists (under Stalin), not the Nazis."
But, like I said, that's an ancillary argument. I actually expected more people here to push back against the notion that communism executed the various purges.
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