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Honestly you could make the argument the Progressive Movement was never anti-communist to begin with with people like Henry Wallace. When Woodrow Wilson tried to arrest anti-WWI protestors who were supposedly "radicals" through the Sedition Act of 1918, you could make the argument he ironically did more to bring America closer to communism by giving the central government more power and allowing it to take away the right to free speech, something that is a common phenomenon in communist countries after all. -[[User:Mr. Nationalist|Mr. Nationalist]] ([[User talk:Mr. Nationalist|talk]]) 01:27, May 15, 2023 (EDT)
Honestly you could make the argument the Progressive Movement was never anti-communist to begin with with people like Henry Wallace. When Woodrow Wilson tried to arrest anti-WWI protestors who were supposedly "radicals" through the Sedition Act of 1918, you could make the argument he ironically did more to bring America closer to communism by giving the central government more power and allowing it to take away the right to free speech, something that is a common phenomenon in communist countries after all. -[[User:Mr. Nationalist|Mr. Nationalist]] ([[User talk:Mr. Nationalist|talk]]) 01:27, May 15, 2023 (EDT)
:That's ignoring the larger picture with selective cherry-picking. Who instigated the First Red Scare? Progressives. (the "Old Guard" conservatives opposed rabid persecutions of anarchists and Communists at the time because of the massive civil liberty violations) Into the 1920s and 30s, the same progressives who fought for labor rights, a graduated income tax, public power, etc. simultaneously were the most virulently anti-Bolshevik, i.e. Southern Democrats and the Second KKK. At one point, a black member of the Indiana Socialist Party referred to the Klan as "working for the things that the Socialist party want but cannot get." Progressives vs. socialists/Communists was essentially like Trotskyism vs. Stalinism, two rivaling leftist factions competing for the same constituency.
:See, the problem with ''your'' usage of "progressive" is that you employ it in ''the very context and format modern-day leftist propagandists use it.'' A bit hypocritical on your part to bash Foner as a left-wing propaganda while quietly employing such tropes yourself, eh? —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Matthew 26:52)</sup>]]''''' Monday, 10:51, May 15, 2023 (EDT)