How do you argue against liberals who criticize Mao's Cultural Revolution?

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I don't have many socialist friends, and the socialist friends I do have are Libertarian Socialists. So when I said Mao Zedong is probably one of the most understood figures in history, and his kill count was exaggerated due to the famine caused by Lysenko's bunk agricultural science, or were terrorists rightly disposed of. But my friends still see me as a crazy person for defending Mao, on the grounds that even if he killed less than reported he still killed innocent people, like intellectuals or peaceful dissidents. How would you argue against this point? I am still learning about Mao Zedong.

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