Talk:Pol Pot

Dave Barry on Pol Pot

The American humorist Dave Barry does an annual "Year in Review". He always mentions notable deaths during the year, usually with some classy or humorous commentary on them, such as "Fred Astaire danced his last waltz."

The year Pol Pot passed away, he simply wrote "Pol Pot died and went to Hell." MDB (talk) 13:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

So far

This is the only accurate article I have seen on this website. Talsley (talk) 12:13, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

We're so glad you approve. What would we do without you? 12:20, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

"Pol Pot was an atheist so his policies result from atheism!" cry the fundies

...So, shouldn't this kind of be addressed? Polite Timesplitter ^{talk to me sugar, but best keep it on the}_down-low 17:04, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Who are you quoting? Ŵêâŝêîôîď^{Methinks it is a Weasel} 17:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Nobody specific, it just seems like a non-point fundies throw around like "Hitler was an atheist", the difference being that Pol Pot actually was an atheist. I've heard it on a few occasions so, naturally, I went to the PP article mainly with the intent of seeing how it pointed out how pointless the argument was. ^{— Unsigned, by: Polite Timesplitter / talk / contribs}

I'm not sure that you are starting from the right point. Pol Pot wasn't a Christian and he was a communist - but was he an atheist? There is a good chance that we was an atheist, but you really need to nail that one before you move on to your next point.--Weirdstuff (talk) 20:31, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

There's not much info out there, but he appears to have been raised a Catholic and/or a Buddhist, and went to a Catholic school in Cambodia. Whether he abandoned these, or used them as a basis for his actions, I don't know. Perhaps nobody does. Sophie^Wilder 22:43, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Pol Pot was an asshole so his policies result from being an asshole. Put that in the article. Tru fax--"Shut up, Brx." 23:37, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, he was also a creepy fat man but the mere fact of being a creepy fat man doesn't necessarily make you an authoritarian nutcase, er, oh, wait. --Let Them Eat Cake (talk) 15:56, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Facebook page

Has anybody actually been on that Facebook page for his admirers? I promise you it's not satire though it's good for a morbid giggle.--Let Them Eat Cake (talk) 15:56, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

A rumour I've heard

Fact check me, please, but I've heard that the Khmer Rouge was backed by the U.S. in the name of stabilizing the region, as well as China. I've also heard that Pol Pot inexplicably became a liberal once the U.S. started backing him. By the way, I'm TheMyon, just not able to log in because school. 165.138.64.112 (talk) 12:59, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

I've heard that the US helped DESTABILIZE the region and thus inadvertantly help bring the Khmer Rouge to power (fact check me too plz). Further, what I know to be true is that since ascending to power, Pol Pot never once held any liberal ideas whatsoever. The man was the insanest of communism all at once. Reverend Black Percy (talk) 13:26, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Claim you're trying to stabilize the region, do exact opposite, proclaim democratic values, back the dictator - classic US modus operandi.Arisano (talk) 13:05, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Apologists

there are references in support of this section and i can find no serious apologists declaring their admiration of Pol Pot (seems noam chomsky is often accused but in reality is not an apologist of the regime.) im sure there are 'dark corners' of the web that do say nice things of genocidal murderers, but the odd facebook page from internet nobodies wont cut it. Removing until someone can find suitable refs. AMassiveGay (talk) 14:04, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Politique potentielle

>He was known in the Khmer Communist Party as "brother number one" and adopted the name Pol Pot in 1970, derived from the French phrase Politique potentielle (Potential Politics) - a form of extremist Communism he believed in and the name the Chinese supposedly gave to him.

Is there a source for that? French other wiki has a discussion thread precisely on that issue. According to Philip Short Saloth Sar announced that he was adopting the name in July of 1970 and suspects that it is derived from pol: “the Pols were royal slaves, an aboriginal people”, and that “Pot” was simply a “euphonic monosyllable” that he liked. See Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare, p. 212. They also establish that there is no Politique potentielle connection anywhere. 150.254.153.10 (talk) 09:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)