Lanky_Pomegranate530M to The Right Can't Meme · 9 months agoGrandma wants women to support Putin and Trumpimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down118
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoThey 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_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoI 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-up1·9 months agoThat’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)_/¯