Somewhat related; my friends condemned Stalin for, “being a pedophile” for marrying Nadezhda Alliluyeva when she was 15, (she was 17). When I pointed this out, she shifted the goalposts and said that it was still, “weird”.
One of them also said that nothing would change her mind about the DPRK after I showed her Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul and MillennialChaos dunking on a liberal on Radio Free America. (Not exaggerating this is actually what she said)
She called me brainwashed.
Yeah, I can relate to this. At one point I had about five liberals ganging up on me, and at another point, two history teachers. It was pain, but I held my own, somehow.