How Liberals treat Communist

Though we shared the same Alma mater at Chapel Hill. I'd never been to Greensboro. But I knew "the Scales case" It had captured national headlines during the Red Baiting McCarthy era. I recalled that Scales was the son of Greensboro Aristocracy and the only american who served time in a Federal penitentiary for being a member of the Commnist Party......

I read Rosemary Roberts Column," Scales Paid a High Price For Idealism" before I ate breakfast, fortunately. Ms. Roberts once again paints the liberal picture of a communist as just a great guy who cares about the "little People" Doesn't she realize that had he succeeded in his goals, her family would have lost everything and more than likely would have been executed or at the least imprisoned for years. And, I love the part about the "Red-baiting McCarthy era" Although Joe McCarthy was a poor example of a human being, history has proved that he was right in his assumptions. Ms Roberts laminents she didn't take time to know Mr. Scales better. He was just a misunderstood guy who advocated the overthrow of our government, our way of life and our constitution. Mr. Scales made his choices, and they were wrong! Idealism? No, Ms. Roberts, he believed in the total subjugation of the entire population, with wholesale killing of innocent women and children, collectivization,(Stalin killed over 20 million of his own people through starvation in this way, a fact known in the 30's but ignored, ref: Herbert Hoover Relief Fund) And, As with Communists world wide, it was always the rich elites who had never had to worry about where their next meal was coming from, who led the charge with idealism and murdered millions across the world. (see North Korea ) and,of course he would have to be one of the leaders because he got the big picture, (Zhou Eniai of China comes to mind) You doubt that Scales ever read Marx? Duh? Then he was more ignorant than those he chose to criticize. To bad Ms. Roberts is not as understanding with Conservatives as she is with former Communist!

Instead of "Workers of the world unite..." etc, the marching mantra for socialism and communism (and liberalism too) should be "Stupid is as stupid does."

The *workers of the world, unite...* quote is inscribed in the marble walkway of the year-old Memphis Central Library, along with a 2½-foot diameter hammer-and-sickle logo. Ain't it great what can be promoted with taxpayer-provided funds....

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Ms. Roberts once again paints the liberal picture of a communist as just a great guy who cares about the "little People"

I didn't get that impression at all. I thought the article was straightforward and the closing passage -

Whether either had ever read a word of Marx is doubtful. Their communism was based more on idealism than dogma.
In the 1940s, Rittenberg settled in China and befriended Mao Tse-tung, who later imprisoned him for 16 years. Like Scales, Rittenberg paid a high price for bad choices. The friends regretfully discovered they'd been acolytes for a false god.

was a fairly damning (but accurate) description of the communist dupes in this country. Now I don't know anything about this author, but she didn't sound like an apologist to me from this tract.

"And he describes his rude awakening in 1956 about communism. He left the party that year after Khrushchev exposed Stalin's crimes."

He joined the Commies in 1939. In August of 1939, Hitler and Stalin joined in alliance and on September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, two weeks later, Stalin invaded Poland. That didn't seem to bother this creep.

Why do commies get credit for "idealism", I've never seen nazis credited for their "idealism". They were just as idealistic as any commie.

Scales also writes about his defense lawyers -- the former Nuremberg prosecutor Telford Taylor and Greensboro attorneys McNeill Smith, Richmond Bernhardt and Bynum Hunter. And he describes his rude awakening in 1956 about communism. He left the party that year after Khrushchev exposed Stalin's crimes.

Sounds like the story of a useful idiot who finally realized that he'd been duped, not a whitewash.

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