[lbo-talk] dregs and drugs

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 26 12:20:45 PDT 2005


Carrol Cox wrote:


>It's aesopian language, Kelley. For almost 40 years now it has been very
>unfashionable for leftists to sneer at "Commies" and they needed a
>substitute. So they substituted "Puritan-Baiting" for "Red Baiting." No
>real difference -- both practices are based on using a label with no
>material content but with immense emotional force.

Hey, I could swear there were actual commies at one time. It was all an illusion?

Doug



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