What are you even talking about? A one-line redirection of a loaded question isn't anything approaching that.
Socialist ideas aren't fragile. Whatever slight you're perceiving here is far, far offset by stuff like making it acceptable to call yourself a socialist in American politics.
The absolute bare minimum is don’t throw the entire projects under the bus and denounce them as wholly unconnected to you. Got it?
What are you even talking about? A one-line redirection of a loaded question isn't anything approaching that.
Socialist ideas aren't fragile. Whatever slight you're perceiving here is far, far offset by stuff like making it acceptable to call yourself a socialist in American politics.