[at bay]

"You loved the CCCP?.....You approved of the Stalinists?"

Ah, red-baiting. Don't ya just love it!

[jackbill]

Yes, I love it when people who haven't the foggiest notion of what they're talking about post and run.

Shame.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

When I put out red bait and something bites, surprisingly enough, it usually is a red.

Thank you for confirming!

[Antoninus]

Ah, red-baiting. Don't ya just love it!

Jam your cheesy catch phrases, pal. Was it "brown-baiting" when we flushed all the nazi-symps out of Hollywood and everywhere else in the 1930s and 1940s? No, of course not. And all the commies supported that action. Of course, it turned out that the "reds" were and ARE a terrible threat to the US--worse than the Nazis ever were. Personally, I hope any entertainer who openly espouses anti-American/pro-Communist opinions is never able to make another dime in this country. We've made too many of these scum-bags rich already.

[pawdoggie]

Ah, red-baiting. Don't ya just love it!

"Red-baiting" was a charge that had some sting to it back in the day when the USSR was a clear and present danger, and calling someone a "Red" was tantamount to labeling him/her a traitor. Today, with the Soviet Union nothing but a bad memory, calling someone a "Red", a Communist or a "commie" is the same as saying that he/she adheres to a disproved and largely defunct socio-political theory of economics. In other words, you may no longer be a "traitor", but you are still a fool and a dupe.