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"If your neighbor thinks some kooky things about communists, it might make them kind of an intolerable jerk, but they don’t have the power to do anything. But when the FBI or CIA or other institutions that have power think this way, then it starts to have real implications” — @sethcotlar.bsky.social

publicnotice.coSeth Cotlar on historical roots of the new Red Scare"If you look at the 1956 GOP platform, it reads like a center-left policy platform in a contemporary context."

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The dangerous fools that are currently running those institutions get humiliated on a daily basis, but they still chase their imagined enemies because they believe the propaganda they're told to. A lot the once trusted press is part of the problem because they won't report facts without their spin.

I do wonder if Orange Caligula will use ICE, or FBI to make outrageous claims about being a Commie, or assisting an undocumented immigrant hide from authorities, or some other bogus BS, to prevent people from voting this November. Felon Trump is desperate; and desperate people do desperate things🖕🗳️🌊

Fun fact, Roy Cohn, McCarthy's close advisor and "hatchet man", later became a close confidante and advisor to Donald Trump. McCarthy died of cirrhosis at 48. He was an alcoholic. Cohn died from AIDS at 59. Cohn stole from clients, lied on his bar application, and was disbarred.

Tardiness because he was afraid action would spook the market allowed carriers to move throughout the country. Then there were issues with bleach and bright lights. Thinking you know more than the scientists turned out to be catastrophic.

- The ‘communism’ propaganda won’t work for the same reason a correctly labeled trump regime being full of fascists didn’t work to inform and warn the masses — Because unfortunately, not enough people know wtf they mean…

Always remember that the U in HUAC stood for "Unamerican" This is deep in the GOP's dna (for lack of a better phrase). It's who they are. It isn't just manifested as the RED scare, but also asthe WOKE scare, the IMMIGRANT scare, the JIHAD scare, and now as the ANTIFA scare and the DEMOCRATS scare

The roots are these folks are at the limits of their imagination & originality~ and the cultural pendulum’s apex… They still think they can drag the “middle” a little more to the right… but they’re losing mental & physical grip fast.

Yeah, back then they didn't have fascist tech billionaires controlling the global narrative. This time there will be no reckoning for those people until the weight of their own incompetence sinks them. It's going to take a catastrophe of epic proportions to stop these fucking parasites.

Why I used to think I was conservative: Eisenhower was what I considered to be a reasonable, responsible conservative.

It seems to me, the "New Red Scare" is only scary to morons of the lowest caliber. Thr Red Scare during McCarthy's time was bullshit, just like this one is bullshit. Doesn't mean such rhetoric is not dangerous. Especially when Trump uses it to stir his ambling army of misfits.

In the 60's, I read a John Birch pamphlet that claimed that the Chinese were behind the flower stickers on peoples cars. It claimed it that they wanted to brainwash us so we would accept the opium poppy into our culture. Talk about idiots.

In this trust our Republic was founded. We give devoted homage to the Founding Fathers. They not only proclaimed that the freedom and rights of men came from the Creator and not from the State, but they provided safeguards to those freedoms. /2

It’s interesting how political parties used to be much more concerned with preventing tyranny than with holding onto power at all costs. Probably because back then the abuses of the British monarchy that inspired the revolution and Constitution were still somewhat more in the national mindset.

The people accused of "communism" under HUAC all had one thing in common: They believed for EQUALITY. They fought to end racism. They fought to end discrimination. The "reboot" now is part of the same rampage that they've been on from the start: Reestablish and solidify white supremacy.

This is more like Mao's cultural revolution. maga abhors facts, experts, and science. If it's longer than a bumper sticker, it's definitely communist. And by the way, who the hell gives a damn about the communist threat.. from whom? 🇨🇺? 🇨🇳? North Korea?.. Is that the hill where they're going to stand?