>>>>> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> writes:
SM> On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:26:56PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
>> On Friday, 2 April 2021 11:09:42 PM AEDT Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
>>> Thanks for arguing for my point: Communism was a beautiful
>>> theoretical
>>> idea which was implemented by humans and therefore was a
>>> miserable fuckup in the end.
>>>
>>> I still think the concept is really interesting, but I can't see
>>> a working implementation as soon as there are humans who would
>>> want to be leaders in such regimes.
>>>
>>> I don't see a connection with free speech here, anyway.
>>
>> What a nasty disgraceful style of debating you have, Pierre.
SM> You might disagree with him, but please stop attacking the
SM> person. It's not necessary and only lowers the tone of debate.
Yes, please.
>> You understood very well what I'm saying and I'm is not
>> confirming your point. Communism is a bad ideology that does not
>> work (and could not work even in theory) - that's why it should
>> be "cancelled". Free speech is a beautiful working practice but
>> it is in the way of terrible ideas and that's why they want to
>> "cancel" free speech.
SM> And other people disagree with you on those points. Please
SM> accept that and leave it there?
Please note that some of us who suffered from communism and got both
theoretical and practical training in marxism-leninism may be quite
sensitive to claims that communism was a beautiful theoretical idea or
putting some kind of equations between communism and freedom of speech.
I had to hold off myself to not respond to those claims, which were not
helpful and the intended points could be illustrated in better ways.
Regards,
Milan
