Tankies are true believers, just like Trumpists, or the typical soccer moms who picket outside Planned Parenthood, but when their daughter needs it they obviously use it, then back to picketing the next day.

"This time it will be different."

There are also various explanations of how and why the Holodomor just "happened", and it had nothing to do with communism/socialism/USSR/Stalin, or it was Nazi propaganda, etc. ( https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/izcxbk/i_saw_... - with reputable sources such as sputniknews :| )

Though my favorite is the "Capitalism kills a lot more people" """"infographics"""". ( https://twitter.com/HasBezosDecided/status/12608739086995087... )