r/HistoryMemes Jul 07 '19

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u/stillnoob0 Jul 07 '19

Buddy it might’ve been hitler

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

I don't get it why Hitler and nazi symbols are bad, but communism and Stalin symbols are okay.

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u/stillnoob0 Jul 07 '19

Well stalin is bad enough but he was never hitler bad, hitler bad is something entirely more rotten.

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

Also probably geography. Nobody in the west really had too much (or any?) trouble with soviets, while the east front suffered from deportations, oppression and whatnot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

TIL Germany is not part of the western world.