re: #223 Gus 802

Or is it really just a defensive mechanism in defense of Communism, Marxism, EIEIO? “Well Che Guevara and Stalin, they really weren’t Communists.” And neither was Mao.

Yes, it is. Usually combined with the speaker’s belief that if we tried it, under the leadership of whichever two-cent blowhard they’re currently enamored of (Bob Avakian, I’m looking at you and your New Synthesis), it would work this time.