“Everyones favorite person in history did something wrong” is such flattening apologetics. This is the same as double genocide theory. Its only use is to make Nazis look better and smear communists.
Its not that a figure like Stalin was perfect, but their is a difference between any critism of him and any US president, because he was involved in a socialist project (building up and safeguarding the USSR, and defeating fascism). US presidents “doing something wrong” are advancing the intetests of a white supremacist empire, or personal enrichment (like owning slaves).
“I want to remove our violent oppressors by any means necessary so we can be free and happy” - Bad violent leftist who ruins parties
“I knowingly sent material support for a genocide resulting in the deaths of 300,000+ people literally being gunned down in the street, oopsie doopsy everyone makes mistakes” - “Wholesome” “Nicest fucking dude”
Liberals: Nice try tankie, but all of our leaders and popularised heroes commit genocide, so it can’t be criticism
Everyone in the comments is going “yeah well who’s your favorite historical figure?! I bet they weren’t a very good person either!” and I’m just replying “
whataboutism”I know it’s petty but nothing is more satisfying than using smug liberal d i s c o u r s e against them
My favorite historical person is John Brown and he only did two things wrong. He should have brought more soldiers to Harpers Ferry and I read somewhere he would yell at his kids sometimes.
Everything else he did was cool and good
He should have brought General Tubman and let her lead the thing
