Ok, they don't want to talk about Hitler well how about Stalin then? Or Chairman Mao. Or Fidel Castro. Or <pick your favorite dictator>. Now, I know they will duck any reference to Stalin, Mao, or Castro because those three are (literally) heroes to the readership of Salon.
But as we've said before, I am well past the point of worrying about arguments with the Left. There's no argument to be had, there is only the question of who is going to come out on top when the physical fighting begins.