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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's a lot of abstractions in that link but I think the following action is a meaningful distinction to call out:

The term is also used to describe people who endorse, defend, or deny the crimes committed by communist leaders such as Vladimir Lenin,[7][8] Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, and Kim il-Sung.

[โ€“] pleasemakesense 2 points 2 years ago

No way they support pol pot. I refuse to believe that