I feel the need to "defend" every single state that has ever existed. Because I'm operating on a different paradigm than you.

I care about whether claims made are true or false. "Defending" doesn't enter into the equation for me. If you say Hitler was an evil space alien, I will push back on that, simply because it's not true, with absolutely zero regard for whether by refuting misinformation, I'm "defending Hitler."

Liberals seem to operate differently. They see things in terms of good countries and bad countries (and people), and they see everything in those terms. So, if a claim is complete bullshit, but it makes a "bad country" look bad, then you should accept it, or at least let it stand. And if someone tries to refute misinformation about a "bad country," the only way they can understand that behavior is if the person saying it thinks the "bad country" is actually "good."

To me, that's just intellectual dishonesty. You don't just make shit up about whoever you don't like, and I don't see how anyone who sees things that way could ever be trustworthy.