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Originally Posted by Dylflon
I made my soviet stuff at the point in my history class was learning about Soviet Russia. I didn't make it because I believe in their ideals or even like communism. I made it because I was quite fascinated at the time with the Soviet propaganda machine and made my av and sid more for laughs than anything.
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Would putting Hitler in your Avatar be funny? No, and Stalin murdered 3 times as many people. I honestly don't blame you for doing it, though, as the media and school systems have never gone after the Soviet Union the way that they should have. The USSR was an ally of the US and Allies during WW2, and I think thats why they get less attention than our enemy, Nazi Germany. Now the USSR is looked at as a nostalgic part of our past, with theme restaurants and clubs such as Red Square in Atlantic City and Vegas popping up everywhere. Russian President Vladamir Putin is even planning on putting up a statue of Stalin and has been quoted as saying that the fall of the USSR is one of the greatest trajedies in history. This goes right along with his recent repeal of the right of people within satellite states to choose their own local governments. These are scary times.
The sad fact is that Stalin was worse than Hitler, and the only thing that stopped him from his plan to eradicate all Jews in the Soviet Union was him dying of natural causes before he could get it done.
It just drives me nuts when I see USSR and Che Gueverra t-shirts all over the place when those that are wearing them obviously have no clue what the endorsing, even if it is just jokingly. I apologize if I offended you or painted you as a communist, but I felt like I had to say something.
And BTW, you are as much of a causehead as I am an ignorant, Republican sheep blindly following my leader.
And Typhoid, did you really compare Pro Wrestling to the Soviet Friggin' Union in terms of taste of sigs? Man, just when I think you are improving as a member, you do something assinine like that. Thanks for the laugh, though, your argument was hilarious.