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arrow-up199arrow-down1imageGrandma wants women to support Putin and Trumpmidwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to The Right Can't Meme@midwest.social · 11 个月前message-square35fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·11 个月前They were never “anti-Russia.” They were anti-Soviet. Russia flipped from communism to fascism, so they flipped from hating to loving it. There’s a lot of things that are inconsistent and hypocritical about conservatives, but their attitude towards Russia isn’t one of them.
minus-squareoctopus_inklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 个月前I have many recollections of conservatives in my sphere not distinguishing Russia from the USSR, so we have had different experiences in this regard.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 个月前That’s just them being slow on the uptake. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They were never “anti-Russia.” They were anti-Soviet. Russia flipped from communism to fascism, so they flipped from hating to loving it.
There’s a lot of things that are inconsistent and hypocritical about conservatives, but their attitude towards Russia isn’t one of them.
I have many recollections of conservatives in my sphere not distinguishing Russia from the USSR, so we have had different experiences in this regard.
That’s just them being slow on the uptake. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯