Tbh I'm actually kind of glad he isn't on the left as the strong anti-religious sentiment of past leftist movements has been used to great effect by right wing propaganda. For example when Irish catholics were convinced to go and fight for Franco in spain after priests were murdered bear in mind that this was the same recruiting pool as the IRA
Yes, to many of us suppression of religion is a delicate issue, and the USSR may have taken things farther than they should have in the name of perfecting a counter-revolution.
For a lot of people this is a crime against humanity and makes the USSR and every other state with a (partly) successful communist revolution something that must be destroyed.
I always need to remember to tread lightly when I'm around religious friends of mine.
Also the left takes a lot of positions like feeding the hungry and curing the sick that should appeal to people who are apolitical but have moral beliefs but can get instantly shut down while the right can say that the left is anti-god. It's really doing a lot of their work for them to play into that and I just don't see the benefit
Tbh I'm actually kind of glad he isn't on the left as the strong anti-religious sentiment of past leftist movements has been used to great effect by right wing propaganda. For example when Irish catholics were convinced to go and fight for Franco in spain after priests were murdered bear in mind that this was the same recruiting pool as the IRA
Yes, to many of us suppression of religion is a delicate issue, and the USSR may have taken things farther than they should have in the name of perfecting a counter-revolution.
For a lot of people this is a crime against humanity and makes the USSR and every other state with a (partly) successful communist revolution something that must be destroyed.
I always need to remember to tread lightly when I'm around religious friends of mine.
Also the left takes a lot of positions like feeding the hungry and curing the sick that should appeal to people who are apolitical but have moral beliefs but can get instantly shut down while the right can say that the left is anti-god. It's really doing a lot of their work for them to play into that and I just don't see the benefit