On the other hand, I wonder if the sign holder quoting Guthrie knows that he was a Stalinist. It’s understandable that people hate fascists, but it is weird that Stalinists are viewed as merely quirky and naive rather than supporters of a regime that killed considerably more than fascism did.

Or that you can borrow from the past in ways that don’t try to pretend the bad stuff didn’t happen or wasn’t a part of it.