[some_random]

The trouble is that the Stasi are not seen in as negative of a light as the Gestapo.

[godelski]

In Germany?

I'm not German but the German people I do know don't see them positively. But could be selection bias

[lukan]

Only some rare soviet nostalgy people will see them as something positive. But there are indeed not considered as bad as Gestapo and I tend to agree.