I'm pretty sure we would know from the Soviet archives whether or not this happened
No no, you see, that's the beauty of it
How do people believe this? You make a claim, no matter how ridiculous it may be, and then you declare all counter claims and arguments to be invalid
Soviet archives? Either they erased or hid all evidence of their crimes (because they don't show up in the archives), or they intentionally didn't release the right information. After all, how are you going to trust a Russian?
Dispute the Black Books claims on academic grounds? Well you're just a salty tankie who [insert homophobic insinuations towards Stalin and Putin] and are probably paid 32 roubles an hour to post propaganda. What time is it in Moscow, Ivan? Naturally we won't investigate claims that the author is biased
It's fucking genius. It's a self perpetuating propaganda. Any evidence to the contrary is evidence of the thing, and any defense of the Bad is proof of a moral failing, turning one into a pariah
It's the situation of someone claiming a unicorn exists with the evidence being "I saw one" and because the unicorn doesn't exist, and they're just lying, there's literally no way to disprove them without attacking their lie.
Then the narrative is switched to how you hate unicorns, and your only attacking them because they like unicorns.
No no, you see, that's the beauty of it
How do people believe this? You make a claim, no matter how ridiculous it may be, and then you declare all counter claims and arguments to be invalid
Soviet archives? Either they erased or hid all evidence of their crimes (because they don't show up in the archives), or they intentionally didn't release the right information. After all, how are you going to trust a Russian?
Dispute the Black Books claims on academic grounds? Well you're just a salty tankie who [insert homophobic insinuations towards Stalin and Putin] and are probably paid 32 roubles an hour to post propaganda. What time is it in Moscow, Ivan? Naturally we won't investigate claims that the author is biased
It's fucking genius. It's a self perpetuating propaganda. Any evidence to the contrary is evidence of the thing, and any defense of the Bad is proof of a moral failing, turning one into a pariah
It's the situation of someone claiming a unicorn exists with the evidence being "I saw one" and because the unicorn doesn't exist, and they're just lying, there's literally no way to disprove them without attacking their lie.
Then the narrative is switched to how you hate unicorns, and your only attacking them because they like unicorns.