You're right I haven't completely purged the liberal inside me and I hate myself for it being there still

"communists are liberals"

Okay just... there's no such thing as 'self' projecting. It's just projecting. That's redundant.

And nothing they said is untrue. What kind of self flagellation is required to just say a type of political person is bad? Do you need permission from a conservative to talk shit about their faults?