Comments on: Current Churchill Contentions: “The Invasion of the Idiots”

By: Savrola

Savrola — Thu, 23 May 2019 06:59:06 +0000

I agree Reddit is notoriously far leftist (Holodomor denial is ramapant) and infested with Russian, Chinese and Iranian trolls who seek to sow discord, spread propaganda and indulge in whataboutism and lies.

Reddit at one point thought Churchill was worse than Hitler ! I jest but only slightly.

However [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/bkjflm/a_21yearold_winston_churchill_as_cornet_of_the/) recent post is one such example of the changed scenario on Reddit.

The lies are down voted and the truth is up voted.

Things ARE changing on Reddit and I hope it stays this way.

As usual thank you and please keep up the great work !

By: Richard Langworth

Richard Langworth — Wed, 22 May 2019 11:08:59 +0000

In reply to Savrola. Thanks, that's most encouraging. My son, who monitors Reddit from Silicon Valley, says: "Reddit is mostly leftist snark, and anyone can say anything (though the site has its own comment etiquette), so there's usually a lot of crap when Churchill things come up. Also note that Russian propaganda trolls are very present and active — I've seen troll posts about Brexit mentioning Churchill — but the Reddit community appears to be aware of them and attempts to deal with them. Usually, posts about Churchill appear under the forums (subreddits) /r/quotes, /r/HistoryPorn, and /r/TodayILearned" Some links: Churchill posts from the last month. (Ignore anything with less than 100 points.) Posts linked to richardlangworth.com. Someone is doing spadework for the truth—click here.

By: Savrola

Savrola — Wed, 22 May 2019 03:53:56 +0000

I agree the truth is winning. On Reddit until mid 2018, whenever Churchill was mentioned, people immediately accused him of genocide, mass murder and other nasty things. Now however the situation is different, slowly but surely Reddit is changing. People have read up on the matter and now put forth a strong case in defence of Churchill and skillfully combat such vicious lies. Your website is invaluable and has played no small part in aid of all this. I thank you, I hope it stays this way and please keep up the good work !

By: Richard Langworth

Richard Langworth — Sun, 19 May 2019 13:47:28 +0000

In reply to Richard Munro.

Well said. You’re signed up!

Many Labour people understood and admired Churchill. Clement Attlee was one: https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/clement-attlee/

“A man of his time” is not a sufficient defense. Repeatedly he resisted the racism of his time. See toward the end of this article:
https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/white-supremacy/

By: Richard Munro

Richard Munro — Sun, 19 May 2019 00:18:24 +0000

I definitely qualify as an ally to the side of the Good Guys and Sir Winston is one of the great Good Guys in history. My parents admired him, my aunts and uncles admired him, my godparents admired him, my grandparents admired him which is remarkable since they came out ofthe Red Clyde and leaned strongly Labour. In my experience, those with military experience in WWI and WWII had respected Churchill the man for his courage and for his military service in the front lines. We always have to remember Noah. God said he was a good man IN HIS GENERATION. We cannot expect WSC to be PC according to our lights. But upon the whole and it is upon the whole that such things must be judged British influence was and is a kindly influence. The influence of Sir Winston Churchill is a kindly and noble influence on us all. Besides being the great war leader he was one of the greatest and most prolific authors of the English language.