I have a friend who is by all accounts very socialist but was absolutely horrified when I claimed that the USSR was not “bad” and that many of the deaths it is blamed for have a much more complicated reason. They also called me a tankie, much to my despair as it really displayed to me how many brainworms they have. They also were fairly close to calling me a genocide denier 💀

This person is a freshman in college and I’d like to try and help them unlearn these ideas. They are queer and Canadian,and they also thought Vaush was great if that’s helpful at all. Does anyone have any accessible resources to help them unlearn what they’ve been taught about the USSR?

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Here's the big bomb he drops, you might try sending your friend just this clip if you are worried they'd tune out listening to the entire lecture. Edit: It's only 1:05 in length

    https://youtu.be/eoxT1UwTM3I

    Your gatorade bottle line gave me a good laugh. And yeah somebody left the VHS tape out in a hot car or something lol, I'm just glad it somehow made it onto the internet. But that's why there's the meme of "yellow parenti" you might see get tossed around here.