Red Scare propaganda, and its fundamental essence now entrenched across society, is largely to blame for decency and empathy becoming demonized as extremist.
Simply acknowledging historical antecedents is not whitewashing or idealizing the past.
unfreeradical
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I am describing actual leftists.
You are describing a small minority of self-styled leftists who largely are terminally online.
Those doing the real work, such as practicing mutual aid or organizing tenants unions, are not generally defending historic atrocities.
The point of the post is that the window of mainstream discourse has shifted so far right that even basic human empathy has become controversial.
When have workers ever controlled production, with such control being horrible for workers?
Did you read the post?
Where is the past being misrepresented, or even just being represented?
Regardless, communist society would be one in which production is controlled directly by workers.