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Yeah, they claim to be ardent supporters of minorities, but when something bad is happening, to a country they don't like, that will make life even more dangerous for them, they cheer it on. If its a country claiming communism they will look the other way too. They would be absolutely fine with getting their authoritarian, socialist, regime even if it meant the genocide of every vulnerable demographic of people they claim to support the rights of. It will simply be justified by the ends.
[Allegedly socialist country does one thing right] "CRITICAL SUPPORT!"
[Democrats do one thing wrong] "How dare you support those monsters."
They're just shuffling cards.
Yeah, I love when people think that a criticism of the camp they are in, is automatically a commendation of the camp they oppose. Another thing they have in common with MAGA, any criticism of Trump must mean you love Biden.
Tbf, when not on lemmy, any criticism of the dems gets people yelling "you like trump" at you as well. On lemmy it's 50/50 if you criticize dems you'll be called a tankie or conservative. This isn't exclusive to MAGA, tankies, nor even the dems, most people regardless of their stance are becoming "with us or against us" now, and it's getting worse.
well, can't speak for you, but in my real life no one actually likes the democrats, they are just not as bad as the GOP. I haven't met a single person who reacts this way to criticism of the democrats.