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Communism violates basic moral conduct because it suppresses individual freedom, uses violence to control people, and replaces fairness with party power. Glorifying it — or figures like Stalin — is wrong, because it ignores the suffering and oppression that came with it.

I get what you’re saying — yeah, everything has a dark side somewhere in history. But there’s a difference between acknowledging history and glorifying it. People can like a flag’s design or colors, sure, but when that symbol represents the suffering of millions, like under Stalin or Hitler...

That argument doesn’t make sense. The American flag doesn’t celebrate slavery or stolen land — it represents how the country fought to overcome those things. Slavery ended under that flag, and it has flown through every step toward freedom and equality. Calling it a hate crime ignores what it...

In many online communities and game servers, it’s obvious that symbols like the swastika, Nazi flags, or praise of Hitler are completely banned — and rightly so. They represent hate, oppression, and genocide. But what often gets ignored is that communist symbols — such as the Soviet flag, the...