Churchill is the worst leader the UK has ever had. The drunkard's insane pursuit of war at any cost destroyed both Europe and the Empire for no benefit.
They are right not to lionize him, but for all the wrong reasons.
They think the problem with churchill is that he said some racist things (despite nothing he said being any worse than the words of their hero, Marx). The fact that he self-destructed the British empire in the name of defending the international financial system doesn't even register with them.
Most of the talk about him is pithy quotes and his leadership during the war. Not things he actually did, just that he was the leader at the time. Even his own military service is separated from his leadership, unlike most other "wartime leaders" we admire, with him just being known as a fat drunkard most of the time.
They could teach things to admire about him (other than being a slightly clever asshole), but instead they just say he existed and that's great. Which is why people might call him the greatest, but have no idea why they think that.
It doesn't take long at all for seditious communists to tear down heroes and icons once they take power. Look at how fast Christianity was suppressed in East Germany, former Holy Roman Empire territory, by the Soviets.
Provided decent leadership during the second world war, but his mess at Gallipoli in the first world war rules him out of contention in terms of admiration.
trump4045 is a retard, but how do you justify calling Churchill a 'commie'. He was literally a stalwart anti-communist from the first moment, and even denounced the very limited welfare state that Labour supported in 1945 (which George Orwell thought was not enough) as requiring some sort of Gestapo.
So if Churchill is a 'commie', that means a fortiori that the writer who did more than anyone to expose communism was a 'commie'.
He was a Conservative. He once said, "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
Churchill is the worst leader the UK has ever had. The drunkard's insane pursuit of war at any cost destroyed both Europe and the Empire for no benefit.
This.
They are right not to lionize him, but for all the wrong reasons.
They think the problem with churchill is that he said some racist things (despite nothing he said being any worse than the words of their hero, Marx). The fact that he self-destructed the British empire in the name of defending the international financial system doesn't even register with them.
Sounds quite familiar to the west instigating war over BRICS
Germany would have attacked the UK eventually. War was inevitable.
If the poll was conducted today, it would surely be Dr. Who...
Churchill, honestly, has a bunch of major problems.
I'd argue they should have picked Alfred The Great.
Blame schooling, they don't teach history that well at all probably by design.
Kids would get a better history lesson on YouTube listening to biographics, simple history or even Count dankula's mad lads series.
Most of the talk about him is pithy quotes and his leadership during the war. Not things he actually did, just that he was the leader at the time. Even his own military service is separated from his leadership, unlike most other "wartime leaders" we admire, with him just being known as a fat drunkard most of the time.
They could teach things to admire about him (other than being a slightly clever asshole), but instead they just say he existed and that's great. Which is why people might call him the greatest, but have no idea why they think that.
How do they feel about Pitt the Elder vs Lord Palmerston?
Pfft! Pitt the Elder...
LORD PALMERSTON
It doesn't take long at all for seditious communists to tear down heroes and icons once they take power. Look at how fast Christianity was suppressed in East Germany, former Holy Roman Empire territory, by the Soviets.
Provided decent leadership during the second world war, but his mess at Gallipoli in the first world war rules him out of contention in terms of admiration.
Decent moral leadership, but apparently he had some real problems sticking his dick into military affairs and causing havok.
Of all the comments in this thread, this is the one that is downvoted worst of all?
People be crazy.
Correct.
trump4045 is a retard, but how do you justify calling Churchill a 'commie'. He was literally a stalwart anti-communist from the first moment, and even denounced the very limited welfare state that Labour supported in 1945 (which George Orwell thought was not enough) as requiring some sort of Gestapo.
So if Churchill is a 'commie', that means a fortiori that the writer who did more than anyone to expose communism was a 'commie'.
He was a Conservative. He once said, "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
Where do you get this "commie" business?
Apparently, you don't recognize the username. The guy is a retard.
Churchill was not a Communist.
Moreover, Britain had already fallen to Fabian Socialism decades prior to WW2.
Your other points are correct but this is just demonstrably not true. Churchill hated communists and viewed them as Jewish terrorists.