Sometimes I get replies like these from various weirdoes, ranging from whiny gusanos to Mussolini’s finest keyboard warriors. This post is really petty, but that’s fine, because it’s a good opportunity to confront common propaganda and right wing nationalist clichés from the cold war. So here we go:
So here’s a citation from wikipedia:
The phrase useful idiot has often been attributed to Vladimir Lenin, but he is not documented as ever having used the phrase.[3] In a 1987 article for The New York Times, American journalist William Safire investigated the origin of the term, noting that a senior reference librarian at the Library of Congress had been unable to find the phrase in Lenin’s works and concluding that in the absence of new evidence, the term could not be attributed to Lenin.[3][4] Similarly, the Oxford English Dictionary in defining useful idiot says: “The phrase does not seem to reflect any expression used within the Soviet Union”.[1]
So from now on, I would appreciate it if rabid anticommunists would do their research and to stop embarrassing themselves. Especially since this reply began with the following:
…oh and also, maybe stop being Nazis? I don’t think that helps your case. You’re kind of saying the quiet part out loud.
But that’s enough of that, have a palette cleanser:
