though i can't speak for them, i DO know that no one in their right mind prides themselves on executing X number of people....
and stalinists, whether we think of them as wrong or right, have their own beliefs about different things with their own theories, which, whether we like it or not, come from a specific view on communism...and so must be allowed to argue their points with the rest of us. they certainly are NOT nazis, and i will defend them from being compared as such - however, i do not think that stalin was a great leader at all, and i have not agreed with their line of thought whenever they have made it known...
that said, we've had this argument many times, and if you want to argue about whether or not stalin was good guy or a bad guy or whether or not we should even talk about him, be my guest and open a thread on the subject.