MetaChat - Ask Dr. Trotsky -- advice to the lovelorn

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08 October 2006

Ask Dr. Trotsky -- advice to the lovelorn Leon Trotsky is best known for his role as a leader of the Russian Revolution, his later falling-out with Joseph Stalin and his eventual death in Mexico City at the hands of a Stalinist assassin.

But few people know about his career as an advice columnist. →[More:]For several years before the Revolution, Trotsky gave romantic advice to the comrades in the pages of the Bolshevik paper Iskra.

Now he's back, and ready to do the same for the MeCha crew.

Got a romantic/relationship/sexual issue you'd like to talk about? Dr. Trotsky will take care of it for you in a scientific and class-conscious manner.

Ask away!

post by: jason's_planet at: 10:45 | 5 comments

Why am I still single? I bathe occasionally; doesn't that count for something?!

posted by cmonkey 08 October | 11:16

Dear Dr. Trotsky (or should I say -- Bronstein?),

I, err, have a friend (that's right, a friend) who, for a very long time, has been in love with Comrade Stalin. but now people keep telling me, err, her that Stalin is a tyrant and an awful person. And she's sort of confused and doesn't know what to do. Dear Dr. Trotsky, please help me...help my friend, of course.

posted by Daniel Charms 08 October | 13:26

Dear Dr. Trotsky,

why do I have an irrational hatred of Che Guevara tshirt-wearing asshats who stage one-man Critical Mass rides by swerving their shitty dumpster fixed gear wrecks erratically down the middle of a four-lane city boulevard?

posted by lonefrontranger 08 October | 14:00

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posted by jonmc 08 October | 21:45

Why am I still single? I bathe occasionally;

Comrade cmonkey, I refer you to Comrade Lenin's recent speech, in which he said "WASH YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!" It is important for Party members to set a good example for the masses; practicing good hygeine is an important part of this good example. And you might get a little nookie too. So wash them pits, boy.

I, err, have a friend (that's right, a friend) who, for a very long time, has been in love with Comrade Stalin.

Your "friend" is guilty of a petty-bourgeoise deviation. It is unscientific to be in love with such a creature as Stalin. The emancipation of women is an important part of our revolutionary program; falling in love with a malodrous dork living in Mom's basement and playing World of Warcraft 24-7 is not consistent with this program. And he has a cheesy mustache too.

why do I have an irrational hatred of Che Guevara tshirt-wearing asshats

Comrade LFR, I congratulate you on your proletarian outlook! It's not at all irrational to hate the undisciplined lumpen shitstains who make all bikers look bad. You have my permission to put the hippie bastards up against the wall.

And Comrade jonmc, that t-shirt is revisionist. We're going to have to send you away for a little . . . re-education. Bring warm mittens and a hunting rifle. It gets cold up there.

posted by jason's_planet 08 October | 22:05

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