In the late 40s and early 50s, when George Meany was trying too root communists from the Labor Movement there were many street confontations between Meany’s building trades and lefty oufits like Joe Curran’s CWA. The CPUSA would infiltrate members into Meany’s groups,carrying anti semitic signs and making racist comments.The hardhats, when they caught on had some tough love for the Reds.
"Tough love" for the libs, as Ann Coulter put it, is like the Slickster's "middle class tax cuts" — everything but the last word.