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Human☮
@4humanunity.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 IMPORTANT: You keep hearing "communist" thrown at Democrats. Most people don't know what that word actually did to this country the last time it was weaponized. Thread 🧵👇 ... www.hrw.org/feature/2026...

hrw.orgSliding Towards Authoritarianism?During the first year of its second term in office, the Trump administration has embraced a wide range of authoritarian tactics, policies, and actions that undermine human rights protections.

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Human☮
@4humanunity.bsky.social

In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee accused thousands of Americans of being communists with zero solid evidence. ...

Human☮
@4humanunity.bsky.social

Result: 10,000-12,000 people lost their jobs. Hundreds imprisoned. 300+ actors, writers, artists blacklisted, many never worked again. 5,000 fired simply for being gay ("Lavender Scare"). ...

Human☮
@4humanunity.bsky.social

At its peak, fewer than 50,000 Americans out of 150 million were even in the Communist Party. Didn't matter. Neighbors informed on neighbors. Careers destroyed by one unproven accusation. ...

Human☮
@4humanunity.bsky.social

Took until 1954, when the Senate condemned McCarthy 67-22, for the hysteria to break. Now watch what's happening today. Trump, Speaker Johnson, and Scalise are reviving that exact playbook. ...

Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution.
@witwarrior.bsky.social

Are Americans so ignorant of history that they’ve forgotten what a real communist threat looked like? Stalin? Mao? I remember (London 1970s) a coachload of Chinese Communists visiting the British Museum: All dressed alike in dark blue uniforms, moving like robots. They really were a threat.