Alex McKeon makes the erroneous assumption that Soviet Union did not change, that it was just as oppressive in Stalin's times as e.g. in the 1970s. Anyone who knows more than a little bit about Soviet Union knows that it is not true. I don't feel "extreme, unguided hatred" towards the US, but I feel that many are idealizing the US and the capitalist world and demonizing the Soviet Union because of their own biases and insufficient knowledge.
If anyone mentions Stalin's crimes - what about Pinochet's crimes? What about the mass killings of Communists and supposed Communists in Indonesia? And wasn't the system of racist segregation maintained in the US a criminal system?
Alex McKeon makes the erroneous assumption that Soviet Union did not change, that it was just as oppressive in Stalin's times as e.g. in the 1970s. Anyone who knows more than a little bit about Soviet Union knows that it is not true. I don't feel "extreme, unguided hatred" towards the US, but I feel that many are idealizing the US and the capitalist world and demonizing the Soviet Union because of their own biases and insufficient knowledge.
If anyone mentions Stalin's crimes - what about Pinochet's crimes? What about the mass killings of Communists and supposed Communists in Indonesia? And wasn't the system of racist segregation maintained in the US a criminal system?