>I think this might be a generational thing. I'm 30, and never, ever, heard
>about the party, except for the occasional story about my great-Uncle Joe,
>who was a member in the 20s and 30s. I am at my parents house as I'm
>writing, and to quote my father (just now told me) that Uncle Joe referred
>to everyone who was *not* a member of the Party as "hoodlums, hooligans,
>capitalist pigs, and warmongers." To continue quoting my father,
>"Capitalist belt buckles he liked, schnorring off of welfare he liked. I
>had to save his ass from being deported to Russia."
But you never heard that Commies in general were bad?
Doug