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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGet ready for Dems to be labeled socialist/maxist/communists by the RW ReThugicans
Already Michael Flynn and DeVos are labeling us that. I think they must have gone to the graveyard and dug up those scarey monsters. We can poo-poo their stupidity, but I predict that the old red & pinko scare tactics will be deployed again.
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AkFemDem
(1,933 posts)Wounded Bear
(59,457 posts)Since Reagan, at least. It really gained steam in the 90's and took off with Faux Noise and RW talk radio.
meow2u3
(24,858 posts)Every time we label rethugs as corrupt to the point of a culture of corruption, it works for us because voters don't like crooks.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
TheRealNorth
(9,619 posts)KPN
(15,852 posts)dware
(12,979 posts)This has been going on for decades, nothing new here.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Arthur_Frain
(1,911 posts)Cause thats about how long theyve been calling liberals all of those names.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)First, "socialism" is a label that applies to a vast number of political economic theories. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Socialism
Second, it has been applied to many political parties and countries in the past, ranging from the National Socialist German Workers' Party to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The official political system of China is "socialism with Chinese characteristics".
Third, it is a relatively ancient label, dating from the early to mid-1800s. Thus, it has been subjected to roughly 200 years of anti-socialist propaganda that have securely equated "socialism = bad" in the public mind in America.
CincyDem
(6,641 posts)we can do it
(12,654 posts)Nothing new here?
apnu
(8,781 posts)This name calling has been the norm for the Republican party since the 1980s.
mitch96
(14,176 posts)"too big to fail" commie banks and corporations... Let'em fail just like you and me, right? And get rid of the congress and senate gym and trolly car.. Walk just like the rest of us..And no retirement for the gov't employees... just work till you drop or get fired..
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