It wasn't a dunk lol, I'm in the South and have several people out here who legitimately ask me about communism. There aren't that many principled communists out here (the local trade school has a CPUSA branch with like 3 dudes that wear the dye hammer and sickle shirts), but most people I talk to are pretty open to communist ideas.

I'm also not very good at talking to people, just wildly over confident in approaching strangers