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Straw men are so easy, aren't they?
I mean the meme itself is a strawmen too
Not especially. Many groups of people, conservatives and leftists and "centrists" alike, love to suggest the parties are equal. I've heard it in real life. I've heard it online. All over reddit when I was still on it and lemmy even now.
Though I wouldn't especially attribute the logic to tankies, so in that way, perhaps
That was entirely based on my interactions with liberals, yes I was acturally called a Tankie for caring about basic human dignity