• cjk
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    9 months ago

    Why seem Americans to call everybody Marxist they don’t like?

    I don’t want to troll, I am really interested in an answer.

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      9 months ago

      A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of left-wing ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism. Historically, red scares have led to mass political persecution, scapegoating, and the ousting of those in government positions who have had connections with left-wing movements.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare

      It’s just a boogeyman word to make them sound scary. Laura Loomer literally does not know what marxist means beyond “communism”. In fact, she doesn’t even know what communism is, she has just been told it’s bad.

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        9 months ago

        To be honest, it’s the first time I read about her. I didn’t know her before.

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          9 months ago

          She was briefly on Trump’s plane. Around the debate with Harris. It’s likely he took the “eating the pets” line from her, since that was a rumor spread in nazi circles, particularly on Gab.

          It’s also possible they had an affair during that time. MTG got really angry with Loomer and they started trashing each other on Twitter for all to see. It was glorious.

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            9 months ago

            ah! I did not know it was her.

            Thanks for the pointer!

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        9 months ago

        so just plain old propaganda?

        Ok, thanks.