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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a lot of abstractions in that link but I think the following action is a meaningful distinction to call out:

The term is also used to describe people who endorse, defend, or deny the crimes committed by communist leaders such as Vladimir Lenin,[7][8] Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, and Kim il-Sung.