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no_hypocrisy

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14. It won't work.

Reply to Wanderlust988 (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 04:24 AM

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MAGA doesn't understand what Communist means. It's whatever Trump tells them it is; and he'll say any Democrat (progressive or otherwise) is a Communist. He'll redirect the message.

The label of Communist doesn't have the same resonance/impact that it did during Joe McCarthy's era. It won't persuade too many people.

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Why don't people on our side call Trump a "Communist" instead? [View all] Wanderlust988 Saturday OP

Well, he certainly does seem to want to control the means of production and distribution. Ocelot II Saturday #1

Maybe. H2O Man Saturday #2

Perhaps because he is not a communist. David__77 Saturday #3

Incompetent Jackass would be more accurate RainCaster Sunday #10

What David__77 said. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #4

Fascist for now... Christian255 Sunday #5

This is what's wrong with Democrats...we need to be 'technically' correct. Fuck that! Wanderlust988 Sunday #11

Rec malaise Sunday #19

I'm with you on this. They stretch definitions like taffy, so why don't we take over the trigger word? JHB Sunday #6

Fascist is the more accurate descriptor. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sunday #7

Who cares what's accurate? lol We're talking about TRUMP here!! Wanderlust988 Sunday #13

My preference for the whole lot of them is "Bolshevik" with a prefix on it JHB Sunday #8

"Dictator" is more on point for him. GoodRaisin Sunday #9

Err...the problem with Dictator is that Republicans love it Wanderlust988 Sunday #12

It won't work. no_hypocrisy Sunday #14

Their propaganda and brainwashing moondust Sunday #15

Won't stick Patton French Sunday #16

To be honest, I doubt too many people know what 'communist' means either. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #17

Because a White supremacist fascist malaise Sunday #18