Comments on: NEW COLUMN: A ‘Victims of Communism Day’ Is Long Overdue

By: Kepha

Kepha — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:05:39 +0000

I agree. In the 20th century alone, governments (especially Communist ones) killed, imprisoned, exiled, or otherwise ruined more people in the names of social justice, progress, and national liberation than suffered for heresy or non-Christian belief in the 15 centuries between the conversion of Constantine and Ruggles v. New York. We are told by all and sundry that the struggle against Franco was a noble one; yet, seeing how Dr.Bentzion Netanyahu counted some 4000+ victims of Spain’s inquisitions in Spain itself between 1480 and 1804, one sees his number is equivalent to perhaps a few months toll in the intramural struggles of the Spanish Left during the 1930’s. But let’s go behind Marx: what of Rousseau’s infamous desire that people be “compelled to be free”?

BTW, the author of the Chinese pamphlet suffers from bad grammar. It would be better to write 1918?d?’?? rather than ???918??Solzhenitsyn griped that Communism had ruined the Russian language. It looks as if it did the same for the Chinese.

By: Durham Ellis

Durham Ellis — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 01:12:16 +0000

Why would you invite us to respond to anything using Facebook? I refuse to use all social media. The disadvantages are far greater than any benefit.

By: Durham Ellis

Durham Ellis — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:42:58 +0000

Ilana, it is totally immaterial whether or not Communism is worse than Fascism. Despite repeated left-wing lies, Fascism is not right wing. The two forms of tyranny are just competing forms of left-wing statism, and socialism/communism has a better PR department.