I feel like talking about Stalin is like walking on eggshells... You don't want to go, "Stalin's death toll is overexaggerated, in my opinion he didn't kill enough people!!!" because that will make the average person instantly stop hearing you
What's the best way to talk about Stalin in a sensitive way that doesn't trigger a fight or flight response?
Under Stalin the Soviets defeated Hitler and liberated Eastern Europe from Nazism. Under Stalin the Soviets built up a backward, mostly agrarian society into a modern industrial, space-faring, nuclear superpower.