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Wed Oct-22-08 12:37 AM
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| 26. NO, It's A Codeword for "RED" as in "RED SCARE" It's McCarthy Era BS n/t |
| -Is "Socialist" an old codeword for "Black"? |
alfredo |
Oct-21-08 08:23 PM |
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I don't think so... |
skooooo |
Oct-21-08 08:23 PM |
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Socialist translates to communism to many people |
rebel with a cause |
Oct-21-08 09:50 PM |
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In a way it is because "communism" is shorthand for "welfare." n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Oct-22-08 12:40 AM |
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You can stretch connections, but the word.. |
skooooo |
Oct-22-08 10:08 AM |
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Not for you it isn't. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Oct-22-08 02:29 PM |
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No, it's just another term that they don't understand |
Lorien |
Oct-21-08 08:25 PM |
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Ding! YOU nailed it there. |
NoSheep |
Oct-22-08 11:48 AM |
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Exactly |
Strawman |
Oct-22-08 02:44 PM |
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Yes, this article is dead on |
NeoTheo |
Oct-21-08 08:28 PM |
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and you heard it used this way?? |
skooooo |
Oct-21-08 08:34 PM |
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You bet!!! |
NeoTheo |
Oct-21-08 08:54 PM |
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Yes but not just against blacks, American Indians and other races fell into that catagory. |
appleannie1 |
Oct-22-08 11:47 AM |
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Hoover wasnt the Lord of Language ... |
Trajan |
Oct-21-08 08:29 PM |
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They are grasping at straws, hoping some label will stick. |
alfredo |
Oct-21-08 08:35 PM |
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Its a fear-smear ... |
Myrina |
Oct-21-08 08:31 PM |
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It's code for beret wearing, pot smoking, go-teed, Molotov cocktail throwing radicals |
bridgit |
Oct-21-08 08:32 PM |
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Code word for "Jews" if anything.. |
skooooo |
Oct-21-08 08:34 PM |
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By the fifties, the Jews were promoted to "Commies." |
alfredo |
Oct-21-08 08:37 PM |
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Yup. That is what the 'code' stood for 'in the day.' |
Behind the Aegis |
Oct-21-08 09:44 PM |
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I remember the hatred directed toward Jews during the Civil Rights era. |
alfredo |
Oct-21-08 09:50 PM |
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Bolshevik |
bridgit |
Oct-22-08 12:32 AM |
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I was going to say that even before I opened the thread... |
Raksha |
Oct-22-08 01:31 AM |
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Though it may have been used prior to 1924, it was |
Cerridwen |
Oct-21-08 09:22 PM |
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not directly, but they did use the "welfare" word, |
leftofthedial |
Oct-21-08 09:23 PM |
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I doubt it. |
Canuckistanian |
Oct-21-08 09:47 PM |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered when he started focusing on worker's rights. |
yardwork |
Oct-21-08 09:54 PM |
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yes it is, and so it's "skinny" |
Docente |
Oct-21-08 09:53 PM |
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Soon it might have to be prefaced with Mr President. |
alfredo |
Oct-21-08 11:00 PM |
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WTF? |
Earth Bound Misfit |
Oct-22-08 01:01 AM |
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Of course it is... |
JackRiddler |
Oct-21-08 10:56 PM |
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Nah, it means commie and foreigner, but not black in my experience. /nt |
dorkulon |
Oct-21-08 11:05 PM |
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Commie, liberal, socialist = rightist propaganda smears |
upi402 |
Oct-22-08 12:34 AM |
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No, it's a new codeword for "communist". |
BlooInBloo |
Oct-22-08 12:34 AM |
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NO, It's A Codeword for "RED" as in "RED SCARE" It's McCarthy Era BS n/t |
Wiley50 |
Oct-22-08 12:37 AM |
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no, sorry, it's been used against all on the left, even white leftists |
hfojvt |
Oct-22-08 12:46 AM |
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NO! Socialist is a form of government . A lot of European countries incorporate socialistic ideals |
wisteria |
Oct-22-08 12:48 AM |
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One of the things most hated about Communists... |
JackRiddler |
Oct-22-08 01:39 AM |
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No, it's an old codeword for liberal |
Jack Rabbit |
Oct-22-08 01:54 AM |
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If called a Socialist, I wear the label with pride. Fuck em. |
alfredo |
Oct-22-08 10:02 AM |
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Whether you're a socialist or not, take it with a grain of salt |
Jack Rabbit |
Oct-22-08 10:45 AM |
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My blood is from the Mideast. There's even a town in Iran with my |
alfredo |
Oct-22-08 01:45 PM |
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Not unless Kerry, Gore and Clinton are black. It's a codeword for "Democrat". |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Oct-22-08 10:16 AM |
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code for Democrats are going to take your money & give it to lazy people |
aikoaiko |
Oct-22-08 10:20 AM |
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It seems to be a new code word for black. Because, thank God, all the old code words |
Aristus |
Oct-22-08 10:26 AM |
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Wev'e been dominated by tyrrannical socialist for the last eight years! |
goforit |
Oct-22-08 10:47 AM |
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no I think it is code for "un-American" and is thrown in along with "pals around with terrorist," |
Douglas Carpenter |
Oct-22-08 11:21 AM |
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No, and I think the article is using faulty logic. |
Puregonzo1188 |
Oct-22-08 11:39 AM |
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No. Total fail. |
anigbrowl |
Oct-22-08 11:59 AM |
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Not Being Used That Way Right Now Whatsoever. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Oct-22-08 12:00 PM |
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That's what I was thinking. |
alfredo |
Oct-22-08 02:27 PM |
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In a sense it always was. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-22-08 02:30 PM |
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Exactly. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-22-08 02:46 PM |
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