Hello Russian operatives! Don't get too upset.

We should all be familiar with the Left’s weaponization of words such as racist, conspiracy theorist, and misinformation. You can now add ones with Putin or Russia in the name, such as Putin Puppet, Russian disinformation, and Putin Apologist. They’re designed to brand people, avoid rational discussions, and shut down any true counter points that go against a narrative. It’s a form of thought control, as it not only hits the target of the name calling, it disuades others from speaking up for fear of getting hit with the same attacks.

The same way conservatives use words like, "libtard", "communist", "Marxist", "woke", and "TDS"?

I'm not disagreeing with you, I think using labels in arguments is generally a pretty ineffective way of getting a point across, but both sides are guilty of it.