@laurel @Grandtheftautism @MisterRogersSnapped @fba @sysrq

> Any form of Russian nationalism should accept the positives of the Communist past.

I don't know that this needs to be the case, but in general it's better to recognize real things and this is not something that typically happens in politics.

> I don't know where you are getting this from.

Like I said, I've seen him mentioned maybe three times and everything else comes from me reading between the lines on Wikipedia. I have no dog in this fight: if he didn't say that, he didn't say it.

> I took a look at wikipedia's source from 2012 about Dugin saying "we are for Stalin and for the Soviet Union" and came up with this:

It sounds like he didn't say it.

> I have been on and off reading his posts for some years now

Well, you could proceed with pointing out areas where I am incorrect, or you could back up a little bit and explain Dugin. I think the latter is a better approach, because I started off by saying I'm not a Dugin expert and he is somewhat obscure.

> This is a very bad way to think

I don't require any convincing on this point. Full agreement.