What is disappointing is the timidity of Republicans to call a communist a communist. True but what explains the timidity of the general public calling a communist who is an elected official a communist? Conservatives are called conservatives by anyone and everyone but it seems the fear of death keeps anyone from calling any American communist in a political office a communist yet we do so of such people in other countries as well as the local populations calling them for what they are.
Just who and how is this fear instilled into the fabric of our society.
We read and hear many descriptions of American politicians and their political leanings and yet, with hard evidence of deeds and sometimes self admission, none are described as communists...........why?
For the same reason that the left won: the history of the government shutdown in 1996/1997; the Clarence Thomas hearings, even though he was confirmed and even though at the time of the hearings most Americans thought he was telling the truth at Anita Hill was lying, about a year later the count switched; the history of the "Swiftboating" of John Kerry; the definitions in the lexicon of "to Swiftboat" and "to Bork." They are reversed from the truth; but mainly,
Because the right lost the history of McCarthyism.
That, coupled with the skin color of Barack Obama, makes it as treacherous as bomb disposal to label any left-wing politician a communist. So entrenched is this that even today after documentary proof many on the left do not believe that Alger Hiss was a communist spy. Many do not believe the Rosenbergs were guilty. Most do not believe that the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman were riddled with communists in high places.
Academia is particularly committed to this view of history.
The mainstream media generally follows the holy writ as issued by academia and so we have a climate in which to allege communism is virtually the same as confessing insanity.
Please note, there is no public obloquy to be expected for accusing a Republican of racism, fascism, homophobia, or misanthropy.
We lose the wars because we lose the battle to write history and we lose the battle to set the definitions.
