• Hubi@feddit.deOP
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        Up to a million German soldiers died in Soviet captivity. Being in Allied captivity was a walk in the park in comparison.

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          And many millions of Soviet citizens and communists in general were murdered by nazis.

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            Revenge and justice are two separate things and only one of those brings humanity forward. The whataboutism is pretty dangerous when it comes to justifying the former.

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            I don’t see anybody denying this here but it’s also not really the topic of the discussion.

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              Yeah, I think even the most fervent USSR hater should be able to acknowledge their heavy losses in WW2. They may not have won the whole war themselves or anything, but they did make many sacrifices for those battles.

              I’d even go so far as to say that if one’s opinions were to lead one towards disrespecting their dead, who were just defending their homes, then one may have an unusually strong personal bias.

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        Your point is? We aren’t talking about the British. Everyone knows they’ve done horrible things. But it doesn’t give a pass for others.

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          Torture camps are awful no matter who is doing it, yes. You are incorrect in inferring that I’m defending either party there.

          We are talking about history, Germany and Britain here so go and police someone else’s conversation.