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: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.

: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" in the initial complaint above 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|^{(Matthew 26:52)}]]''''' Monday, 10:51, May 15, 2023 (EDT)

:See, the problem with ''your'' usage of "progressive" in the initial complaint above is that you employ it in ''the very context and format modern-day leftist propagandists use it''; You create a sense of synonymy between "communist" and "progressive" with zero mention of the long rivaling history between the two. A bit hypocritical on your part to bash Foner as a left-wing propagandist while quietly employing such deception yourself, eh? —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Matthew 26:52)}]]''''' Monday, 10:51, May 15, 2023 (EDT)