RON RADOSH: How the Left sees the Life of Vaclav Havel, and why they Do Not Mourn his Passing. “Now that a week or more have passed since Havel’s death, some on the Western Left have decided to let their true feelings about Havel out. Despite having to give some lip service to Havel’s integrity and what he accomplished, these men of the Left quickly get to what they really think: Havel helped destroy the great ideal of Communism as a worthy goal, and for that, he cannot be forgiven.”

Also read this piece by Pejman Yousefzadeh. Those who defend communism are on the same moral plane as those who defend Nazism.