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> Indian MP, Shashi Tharoor's observation Churchill was no better than the Nazis is the correct one.

This is a completely absurd position. The Nazis carried out a deliberate extermination programme, murdering millions their own citizens.

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Are you trying to claim it is less evil to colonize and cause the death of millions of citizens of another country?

Even the most extreme historians do not claim that Churchill deliberately murdered Indians because he hated them purely based on their race

I am perplexed by your arguments, you seem to be implying Churchill is not as bad Nazis because he didn't hate Indians as much. Well, lot of Indians disagree with your logic, at-least one prominent Indian Shashi Tharoor who isn't an extremist thinks Churchill is no better than the Nazis.

The argument Churchill is great, is the western version of history, a majority of of the world do not agree with that ridiculous assessment, because of the internet western version of history is increasingly getting challenged and I understand it is making you uncomfortable.

No that isn’t what I’m arguing. I’m arguing that your position that Churchill deliberately exterminated Indians is completely absurd

The context is he meant it for Indians, which is true.

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