for the record it’s not even dealing with communists in their locality that made them opposed to communists, this is all based on principled ideological opposition.
I honestly don’t think they have ever spoken with a communist IRL, and have never engaged with them in good faith, they have only ever heard redditors like “CrunchyItchyAdam88” telling them how evil tankies are and they’ve just internalised that, and lack the self-awareness to realise that if they act as hostile as possible towards a group of people, of course that group is going to be hostile back.
for the record it’s not even dealing with communists in their locality that made them opposed to communists, this is all based on principled ideological opposition.
I honestly don’t think they have ever spoken with a communist IRL, and have never engaged with them in good faith, they have only ever heard redditors like “CrunchyItchyAdam88” telling them how evil tankies are and they’ve just internalised that, and lack the self-awareness to realise that if they act as hostile as possible towards a group of people, of course that group is going to be hostile back.