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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.
AkFemDem
(1,795 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)Since Reagan, at least. It really gained steam in the 90's and took off with Faux Noise and RW talk radio.
meow2u3
(24,743 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
(9,435 posts)KPN
(15,585 posts)dware
(12,092 posts)This has been going on for decades, nothing new here.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Arthur_Frain
(1,783 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
(6,281 posts)we can do it
(12,116 posts)Nothing new here?
apnu
(8,722 posts)This name calling has been the norm for the Republican party since the 1980s.
mitch96
(13,816 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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