Yeah, it was. And still is. The Red Book is one of the world best selling Communist tracts.He can write all he wanted. He can fantasize about how great his Maoist utopia was. It is not communist as discussed by Marx from 1844 and beyond.
This moves beyond special pleading right into outright dishonesty and lies. Instead of rabidly trying to defend your ideology by running away from the people who espoused it, ask yourself "Why am I defending an ideology that led to the deaths of millions"
You guys are literally as delusional and in denial about this as the Neo Nazis are about the Holocaust. You're in full blown denialism. You wouldn't accept it from a skin head, I won't accept it from you.
And literally no one else will either.