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by hunterhod 596 days ago
I'm a republican who is also opposed to public healthcare and I understand it isn't communism. Most of the other republicans with whom I interact also understand that. Not all republicans engage in false equivalence.
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> To be fair, I’ve never seen socialized healthcare conflated with communism.

> I'm a republican who is also opposed to public healthcare and I understand it isn't communism

You know that guy who leads your party? Large, orange, shouty? He's conflated it with communism, repeatedly. You should perhaps consider paying more attention.

I think for myself and do not just adopt whatever view happens to be espoused by a party leader. I'm sure he may have conflated socialized healthcare with communism at some point, but my original point remains that most of the republicans I know do not believe such things.
> but my original point remains that most of the republicans I know do not believe such things.

That's _a little different_ to the original claim never to have seen it conflated with communism.

The point also remains that I haven't seen socialized healthcare conflated with communism. While it wouldn't surprise me if Trump said it, I have not personally seen it.