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Redleg

(7,058 posts)

9. I like your points

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:13 AM

13 hrs ago

Labels are for slogans and bumper stickers and dark campaign ads. They appeal to the emotions, mainly fear and anger. I don't know why Dems can't run on the notion of creating an economy that works for regular working people instead of for the wealthy.

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But even a "Commie" is better than "pedo protectors" and "corrupt grifters"... [View all] kentuck 16 hrs ago OP

they got the entirely wrong message from cold war propaganda rampartd 16 hrs ago #1

Republicans are way closer to communists than Democrats are. gab13by13 15 hrs ago #4

trump has reached totalitarian levels like "nobody has ever seen" rampartd 15 hrs ago #5

Krasnov is trying to pick winners and losers gab13by13 15 hrs ago #6

Better off red than a ped. Efilroft Sul 15 hrs ago #2

"Better Red Than A Ped" kentuck 14 hrs ago #8

Screw the labels gab13by13 15 hrs ago #3

I completely agree that the GOP's "Communist" branding is absurd and hypocritical, given their own embrace of dictators. QueerDuck 14 hrs ago #7

I like your points Redleg 13 hrs ago #9