I have a story re The Weavers/Pete Seeger.
My mother told me that they were STINKING COMMIES, so I stopped buying the records, as she gave me a lecture about boycotts. And yes, I've always HATED stinking COMMIES!
About 30 years or so ago, I was in Manhattan and waiting for the car, and I saw Pete. He looked TERRIBLE. And I LOUDLY stated : "O-M-G... Pete Seeger, I thought that that wretched COMMIE was dead; he should be!"
He physically cringed.
LOL! My mom met Mary Travers on a cruise ship, and got into a conversation with her.
Mom asked, “Are you still a communist?”
She sputtered a bit, and then said, “No but I still care about people.”
Like...Communists CARE about People? hahaha