I was debating with a lib who argued that Lenin was a murderer and kept talking about how 200,000 people died in the Red Terror. I responded by saying you could say the same thing about the founding fathers, after all, all those civilians wouldn't have died if some rich landowners just payed their taxes.

Anyway, how do you guys respond to liberals when they shit their pants about stuff like this?

    • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      :cereal1: tf u talking about there's no wikipedia article on---

      :cereal2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocity_propaganda

      • aaro [they/them, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        from the intro:

        According to Paul Linebarger, atrocity propaganda leads to real atrocities, as it incites the enemy into committing more atrocities, and, by heating up passions, it increases the chances of one's own side committing atrocities, in revenge for the ones reported in propaganda.[5]

        I can't put my finger on it but this take feels reddit brained and NATO-pilled, anyone else want to weigh in and help me work thru it?

        I'm imagining "Accusing China of killing 200 million people at Tianamen Square made them actually go on to kill 200 billion people later" type shit, it just feels very much like accusing countries of acting like individuals which falls into great man theory quickly

        • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Accusing China of killing 200 million people at Tianamen Square made them actually go on to kill 200 billion people later

          I interpreted it as:

          Accusing China of killing 200 million people at Tianamen Square made the the United States actually go on to kill 200 billion people later.

          but after re-reading several times I think it actually says both.