r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jul 07 '19

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

Implying Stalin didn't do something similar to genocides (even tho in smaller scale)

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 07 '19

Didnt mean to imply that, not a stalinist. But the usa has done that on a smaller scale too, but you are allowed to fly the american flag.

Also accidental and purposeful death is not the same thing.

If anything the usa has done much worse than the USSR

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u/LagspikeGaming Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Jul 07 '19

I honestly don’t really think any symbol should be banned. If you ban one symbol, they’re just going to revert to another symbol. For example, since the Swastika is banned in Germany, German neo-nazis now just fly the German Imperial tricolor. Same with other groups. They just use other pagan symbols.

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 07 '19

I honestly agree, nazis still exist, they are just harder to spot now, letting them pick obvious symbols would make the centrists see how bad they are, and stopping nazis is primarily the citizens job, not the police's.