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To: LindyBill who wrote (40645)	8/28/2002 9:46:20 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Why the double standard? That argument assumes that the ideologies are, in fact, parallel or equivalent. But if you don't accept that premise, then it's easy to reply, "because the same standard doesn't apply - they're different." The only way to make them equivalent is reductionism. Or, you could select a more precise ideology which is equivalent to Nazi fascism, and that would be Stalinism. I doubt very much that admitting to being a Stalinist would get fond laughter at a dinner party, at least in polite society. As Hitchens argues, Stalin was not admired by the Left when he was a Commie. Everybody kept quiet during his lifetime, but as soon as he died, people started denouncing him, e.g., Krushchev denounced Stalin to the Supreme Soviet three years after Stalin died. I don't like communism, in fact I hate it. I hope a lot of people read Amis' book. He's right that Stalin's atrocities have not entered into our common parlance, but I have known about it for many years. Most conservatives have. amazon.com