On Jan 2, 8:04*pm, Graeme Wall wrote:

I'm well aware that he is only able to parrot a distorted version of the
party line. *I object to him trying to impose his fantasies on others by
bullying.

Without that standard tool of the communist, the secret police, he
ability to impose anything is pretty limited. There is no electable
European hard left, and the irony is that tankie and ostalgie is a
pretty large part of why they're figures of fun. Watching a man deny
Stalin's crimes, twist and turn over the the DDR's habit of shooting
people who wanted to leave and generally fail to accept the facts of
the past century's history isn't threatening, because no-one serious
takes him seriously, but is amusing.