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2024-12-27 18:16:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 993BB4901826140CBB8CB73AF3C75A4CE7103A56D3D34341EE513BBA0E3C600D
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Original Note:
1.) There is no record of Marx saying this. https://books.google.com/books?id=g7TOCwAAQBAJ (pg. 771) 2.) This is a quote from Harry Whyte, a gay communist, not Stalin. https://marxist.com/letter-to-stalin-can-a-homosexual-be-in-the-communist-party.htm 3.) There is no record of Mao Zedong saying this. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2013/06/13/CHN01001.pdf 4.) Castro decriminalized homosexuality in Cuba. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11147157.amp https://www.uscis.gov/archive/resource-information-center-cuba-3 5.) This is likely a statement by Castro: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/22/movies/in-totalitarian-cuba-ice-cream-and-understanding.html?pagewanted=all
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