Over 15 years ago I wrote a post with the same title as this one, it only came to mind because that post received its first comment today! The thrust of that post was that people who lived through communism don't have any rose-colored glasses through which to view the experience.
So here we are again, over 15 years later, and I'll link to this video that makes the same argument:
Ilan Sinelnikov: What the Soviet Union Taught Me about Freedom
“I know that the truth is on my side.”
Ilan Sinelnikov was the first in his family to be born in a free country—the first to grow up with freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Those liberties didn’t exist in the Soviet Union, where his family was persecuted for being Jewish. Ilan attended college in the United States, where he aspired to hold a student leadership position. Because of his outspoken support of Israel, he was smeared, silenced, and blocked from that role. Ilan fought back and now encourages all Americans to speak up, tell the truth, and protect our country’s founding freedoms.
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