RollaD20 [comrade/them, any]

YES THANK YOU

I was hoping posting it would get me the source from the bigbrained internet sleuths

I have this page I’ve tried to source for years that gets into it you might find relevant.

I’ve been waiting for Kendrick to say something about Palestine. I’m glad that at least someone did. Hip hop has needed a bigger voice putting something like this out imo.

This criticism in this context never feels in good faith, it feels desperate and reaching for a way to conflate socialists and fascists.

Yes Stalin was homophobic. He deserves criticism for this. Welcome to most people and countries (especially the Christian ones). I find it incredible that despite the fucking travesty that is the quality of life for queer folk in the USA, especially for black; indigenous; non-white peoples, certain folk have the gall to look back at a man born over 100 years ago, son to a poor family in a nation under the boot of Russian Empire and criticize him for not having perfect values when the common narrative of him as a monster is disrupted. Of course he wasn’t perfect, of course he deserves criticism where criticism is due. However, there are a significant set of actions which deserve praise, especially relative to his common depiction.

That being said, it’s not as if socialist governments that do well when it comes to queer rights are lauded for their efforts. The DDR made significant strides for the queer community yet is rarely (if ever) applauded in the west for this. Cuba still manages to get attacked on this front despite having the most progressive stance on the matter today. This criticism in this context never feels in good faith, it feels desperate and reaching for a way to conflate socialists and fascists.