Why does the Swastika get more hatred and censorship over the Hammer and Sickle?

Both symbols were the emblems of nations that caused great atrocities. However you see far more censorship is hate for the Swastika and SS emblem than you do for the Hammer and Sickle. The Soviet Union has caused far more death and even more so with the rise of communist powers in our history than Nazi Germany ever did.

However today you only see the Swastika used by inbred rednecks while the Hammer and sickle can be seen on the shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, and beanies of edgy skinny high schoolers or young adults in college.

Either we accept our history as the human race and by censoring them both or not get worked up about either.

What are your thoughts?

Discuss.

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UckfayOuyayOotay · 46-50, M

Because Hitler killed 6 million of one particular race while attempting to conquer the world whereas Stalin killed 20 million indiscriminately and stayed in his own territory.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@UckfayOuyayOotay Well, not quite in his own territory. But he also killed way less than 20 million, too.

UckfayOuyayOotay · 46-50, M

@QuixoticSoul
[quote]Prior to the fall of the USSR and the archival revelations, some historians estimated that the numbers killed by Stalin's regime were 20 million or higher[/quote] is what we learned in history when I was younger.
[quote]After the USSR fell, evidence from the Soviet archives also became available, containing official records of 799,455 executions (1921–1953),[7] around 1.7 million deaths in the Gulag[8][9] some 390,000[10] deaths during kulak forced resettlement and up to 400,000 deaths of persons deported to Forced settlements in the Soviet Union during the 1940s[11] – with a total of about 3.3 million officially recorded victims in these categories.[12] The deaths of at least 5.5 to 6.5 million[13] persons in the famine of 1932–33 are sometimes, but not always,[2][14] included with the victims of the Stalin era. [/quote]
is what I just learned looking this up, lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@UckfayOuyayOotay They're still massive as fuck numbers 🤷‍♂️