Obama-red baiting-new red scare

[GOODSTUFF]

The red scare. Mere mention of the politically loaded phrase conjures up images of masses of people assembling with pitchforks and parading “anti-American” individuals before a committee in the Senate or House of Representatives.These days, President Obama has become the chief target of a witch hunt. Socialism, and communism are words that today are bantered about by the right wing of the GOP with as little regard as to what it applies to much like Goldberg’s alleged liberal fascist labelers. The term red scare in effect refers to the fear that many in the western world had in regards to communism, the term red pertaining to the red flag of the Soviet Union. Even though the red scare for most purposes ended by the late 1950’s it continued well into the 1960’s and in some ways to present day politics.

Red-baiting is the act of accusing someone, or some group, of being communist , socialist or, in a broader sense, of being significantly more leftist at their core than they may appear at the outset. The term is used mainly with the intention of discrediting the individual's or organization's political views as dishonest and/or haphazard. The implication in red-baiting is usually that the target represents an ill-intentioned external force which has no proper place in a given political party , coalition , or union

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GOODSTUFF'S CYBER WORLD - RED BAITING - NEW RED SCARE?