Gulag prisoners in Perm, Russia<\/p>\n
Wikipedia is set to delete the entry on its page, referring to the hundreds of millions of mass murders, which devastated subjugated peoples under communist regimes during the last 100 years.<\/p>\n
The idea of deleting that information has generated much criticism, including from Cambridge historian Professor Robert Tombs, who sees it as an attempt to whitewash communism, according<\/a> to The Telegraph Nov. 27.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is morally indefensible, at least as bad as Holocaust denial, because \u2018linking ideology and killing\u2019 is the very core of why these things are important,\u201d Tombs emphasized.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI have read the Wikipedia page, and it seems to me careful and balanced. Therefore attempts to remove it can only be ideologically motivated \u2013 to whitewash communism.\u201d<\/p>\n Some users dedicated to maintaining the site consider that the information expresses a biased \u201canti-communist\u201d concept, and the administrators will decide whether it should be removed.<\/p>\n The bookmarked page describes the deaths of millions of people during the communist <\/a>regimes imposed in the Soviet Union, China, Ukraine, Cambodia, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Romania, East Germany, and North Korea, with numerous sources.<\/p>\n For his part, the director of the Federation for Defense of Democracies, Cliff May, goes so far as to call those who try to purge this historical data as accomplices.<\/p>\n \u201cThose who attempt to erase this long and terrible history of criminality should be seen as accomplices after the fact, paving the way for more tyranny in the future,\u201d May said according to The Telegraph.<\/p>\n Likewise, Kyoto, Japan-based researcher Oliver Jia argues that only specialized people like him can get a clear picture of how horrible the crimes committed by the world\u2019s various communist regimes have been and starts a thread with information on the subject.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t surprise me if this goes through. Wikipedia has long been hijacked by politically motivated activists instead of being run by evenhanded editors,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cAll this is going to do is contribute to general Western ignorance of atrocities under communism.\u201d<\/p>\n It wouldn't surprise me if this goes through. Wikipedia has long been hijacked by politically motivated activists instead of being run by evenhanded editors.<\/p>\n All this is going to do is contribute to general Western ignorance of atrocities under communism.https:\/\/t.co\/IxgCR6ZL5v<\/a><\/p>\n — Oliver Jia (\u30aa\u30ea\u30d0\u30fc\u30fb\u30b8\u30a2) (@OliverJia1014) November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n