We've been over this before. "Stalinist" is widely used as an insult term. How widely? By anti-communist academics and ideologues like Robert Conquest. By social democrats like Harold Meyerson and a bunch of the DSA crowd. And by Trotsky---s.
The communist targets of the Stalinist epithet reject the label. This is independent of making a positive assessment of Stalin's leadership. In this regard, it is different than "Trotskyist:" many Trotskyists wear the label proudly. That is why there is a second word, Trotskyite, by which communists convey their contempt for followers of Trotsky. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40992): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40992 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118178757/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
