Why?

the truth ALWAYS hurts those who protesteth too much. Unity of purpose is our priority or should be in defeating any trump chump. Not who's in charge. Divisiveness should be marginalized by faction and hopefully, they will join the program. Defeat ALL republiKKKans. This BS is getting really old. Body politic poison sometimes comes from an original site of infection, lance it with a red hot poker and move on. I did it once, hurts but heals......

The decrying of "redistributionist tenets" and then comparing it to the USSR is just silly.

The USSR just took ownership and control of everything. That wasn't a redistribution of wealth, it was full scale appropriation and maintenance of control was done through terror and intimidation.

Somehow i'm thinking those who promote democratic socialism have a different governmental construct than the Soviet Union had.

I've already had a FB Trumpy quote this article to me, telling me that socialism is "poison." He believes Democratic Socialism is just another word for Communism (something this author alludes to). Trump saved America, and socialists will just take over all industry and give away all of their stuff to no-good poor people. Seriously, dude believes this.

But I need 'bullet points' or something short and sweet if I am going to be able to, even briefly, counter these absurd, ignorant statements from people.