tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4972966035349735684..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Victims Of CommunismAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-51033273321758325462009-11-12T21:49:25.975-05:002009-11-12T21:49:25.975-05:00Bill, Hollander's longer article covers your t...Bill, Hollander's longer article covers your topic in some detail. And as he spends a lot of time thinking and reading about these things to earn his daily bread, he notices things that you and I would miss.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78064505325141757932009-11-11T22:45:30.245-05:002009-11-11T22:45:30.245-05:00Bill: are you familiar with the phrase "liber...Bill: are you familiar with the phrase "liberals in a hurry" that has been applied to Communists since at least the 1930s?Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73581128042077243372009-11-11T20:43:56.699-05:002009-11-11T20:43:56.699-05:00I have a somewhat darker view of the reason we pay...I have a somewhat darker view of the reason we pay less attention to the victims of communism.<br /><br />Communism is socialism taken to the extreme, and socialism is liberalism taken to the extreme (sometimes, not even that much of an extreme). So, in many ways, communism represents what liberals hope to accomplish. Most liberals would argue that they would never take it that far, or use such methods, but a lot of the ultimate goals are the same.<br /><br />So, it makes liberals very uncomfortable to think that communism might share some traits with them. Because of that, they are reluctant to attribute anything very bad to communism. I think this contributed to a lot of the very bad reporting that was conducted from the 1930s, up through much of the cold war, including the Duranty fiasco.<br /><br />And, since so many of our "journalists" and historians are liberal, they have been reluctant to dig in and report the truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827482735838407673noreply@blogger.com