[WAR] George Soros calls on world to unite against Vladimir Putin

[xorcist at sigaint.org]

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>> Why not just address the point about Stalin, and forced work camps for
>> homosexuals, starting in 1933?
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> Honestly? Because I'm not interested. You DID correct my blanket
> statement about "since 1917" but the rest of your spew bores the living
> fuck out of me.

Thank you for retracting an inaccuracy.

It leaves me to wonder, however, why you would choose to respond to the
otherwise 'boring' points, rather than own the inaccuracy upfront to begin
with and just move on.

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> Also note Stalin's pronouncements regarding gays and others was just as
> much a social aberration in Russia as the WWII internment of Japanese
> Americans was in the US.

This is an excellent, and fair point! I have no illusions about U.S.
mis-deeds. I am not anti-Russian, nor some type of neo-McCarthyist. Quite
the contrary. The current situation being what it is, I give the moral
high-ground to Russia.

Nevertheless whitewashing Russian (or American/British) history IS a
misdeed. All governments fail in this way, and it is precisely the reason
to distrust ALL government.

> I'm concerned with my OWN country's REACTIONARY freaks.

Fine. But again, please don't whitewash Russian history. That was my only
objection - your statement gave a rosy view of Russian history which is
not real. I understand that not ALL of Russian history was so -- monstrous
-- as under Stalin. I also understand that American history is equally, if
not more-so, stained -- but that was not the issue at hand.