OMG
My reaction too. Growing up in the '50s and '60s "communist" was a dirty word to me and still is.
Remember the popular radio program of the late 40s-early 50s, starring Dana Andrews, entitled “I was a communist for the FBI?” It was a true story of a U.S citizen posing as a communist agent for the FBI.
Where IS the FBI??????? Is the House UnAmerican Activities Committee still in existence?