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The more one's political thinking is made up of slogans from pre-packaged ideologies, the less it is anchored in actual Principles.
Tankies, same as Fascists, don't really do the "what are my values" part in determining their own political posture and the "does this fit my values" part of judging a situation and instead just follow a "good people"/"bad people" "logic" were it's somebody else who tells them who are the "good people" and who are the "bad people", hence why it makes absolute sense for them to defend an agressor (in their view "good people") against a victim (either not "good people" or even "bad people").
Mind you, this is not just Tankies and Fascists: look for example at how the situation in Gaza is politically interpreted in Germany and what you find is almost always a "This are good people who can do no wrong hence we support those who claim to represent them even when mass murdering people for being of another etnicity" kind of "logic".
I would even go as far as saying that most of modern politics is anchored on such ultra-reductive pre-packaged ideologic takes separate from Principle: that "center" is a bit further up and closer to Tankies and Fascists, IMHO.
I would expand your point and say that even big parts of society don't really care about values but "good peopl/bad people". It isn't exclusive to politics.