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I don't really understand why you're writing as if people who want to eliminate minorities are as bad as people who want to eliminate inequality. It's not relev

I don't really understand why you're writing as if people who want to eliminate minorities are as bad as people who want to eliminate inequality. It's not relevant

stale2002 8y ago
> as people who want to eliminate inequality Communists eliminated a whole heck of a lot of minorities. Also, the only group that killed more communists than the Nazis, were other communists themselves. I'm sure Nazis themselves would make the same argument as you, about how they actually just support "traditionalist culture" or whatever. But we know what really happened. Same argument applies to communists.
- sridca 8y ago
  These blanket statements would seem less provocative and more convincing if you backed them up with reliable references.
  - stale2002 8y ago
    Sure. Leftist violence against other leftists is well documented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_uprisings_against_the_Bolsheviks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_uprisings_against_th... Usually one of the first thing that communists do once they are in power is crush the anarchists, and other competing leftist movements. None of this is controversial. Soviet repression of gay people was also well documented, as well as Cuban repression/murder of it's gay population. https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-on-gay-rights https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-...
dang 8y ago
Please do not take HN into generic ideological flamewars. They're boring, they spread, and we don't want them here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- opportune 8y ago
  I don't want it either, that's why I posted since the person I replied to was the one bringing up communism out of no where
  - dang 8y ago
    I believe you, but please don't post in that way, since it only takes the thread further in the direction we don't want to go.
nv-vn 8y ago
"I don't really understand why you're writing as if people who want to eliminate babies are as bad as people who want to eliminate abortions" -- A pro-lifer, probably

I don't really understand why you're writing as if people who want to eliminate minorities are as bad as people who want to eliminate inequality. It's not relevant

stale2002 8y ago

> as people who want to eliminate inequality Communists eliminated a whole heck of a lot of minorities. Also, the only group that killed more communists than the Nazis, were other communists themselves. I'm sure Nazis themselves would make the same argument as you, about how they actually just support "traditionalist culture" or whatever. But we know what really happened. Same argument applies to communists.

sridca 8y ago
These blanket statements would seem less provocative and more convincing if you backed them up with reliable references.
- stale2002 8y ago
  Sure. Leftist violence against other leftists is well documented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_uprisings_against_the_Bolsheviks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_uprisings_against_th... Usually one of the first thing that communists do once they are in power is crush the anarchists, and other competing leftist movements. None of this is controversial. Soviet repression of gay people was also well documented, as well as Cuban repression/murder of it's gay population. https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-on-gay-rights https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-...

dang 8y ago

Please do not take HN into generic ideological flamewars. They're boring, they spread, and we don't want them here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

opportune 8y ago
I don't want it either, that's why I posted since the person I replied to was the one bringing up communism out of no where
- dang 8y ago
  I believe you, but please don't post in that way, since it only takes the thread further in the direction we don't want to go.

nv-vn 8y ago

"I don't really understand why you're writing as if people who want to eliminate babies are as bad as people who want to eliminate abortions" -- A pro-lifer, probably