It may seem loaded to you because you are ashamed of the USSR and Cuba and Venezuela, but any principled communist would have affirmed their support and given reasoning why in a convincing snippet of rhetoric.
Instead the real big brain smart move is to denounce socialism and align yourself with bourgeois monarchies and look weak
you are ashamed of the USSR and Cuba and Venezuela
If you’re going to tell me what I think just type out both ends of the conversation and save me some time.
Look, I know you want AOC to get up there and say Stalin committed zero crimes, and even then you’ll attack her for not singlehandedly ending the Cuban embargo or something. It’ll never be enough. But I can believe that’s a terrible fucking idea that would be grossly counterproductive and still have no problem going out and talking to people about socialism myself. The optimal communication strategy for Some Guy On The Internet is a lot different than that of an elected representative.
The absolute bare minimum is don’t throw the entire projects under the bus and denounce them as wholly unconnected to you. Got it?
What are you even talking about? A one-line redirection of a loaded question isn’t anything approaching that.
Socialist ideas aren’t fragile. Whatever slight you’re perceiving here is far, far offset by stuff like making it acceptable to call yourself a socialist in American politics.
