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Usage of the word "comsymp" likely gained traction in the earliest phases of the Cold War. According to the bipartisan [[Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy]]:<ref>March 3, 1997. [https://sgp.fas.org/library/moynihan/appa7.html Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy – Appendix A – 7. The Cold War]. ''Federation of American Scientists''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>
Usage of the word "comsymp" likely gained traction in the earliest phases of the Cold War. According to the bipartisan [[Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy]]:<ref>March 3, 1997. [https://sgp.fas.org/library/moynihan/appa7.html Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy – Appendix A – 7. The Cold War]. ''Federation of American Scientists''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>
{{cquote|By the late 1940s there was a great agitation in the land about Communists and "comsymps." As early as January 1947 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned of infiltration in a publication ''Communists Within the Government: The Facts and the Program'' (not all the facts within which were wrong). Next came Congressional investigations, notably those associated with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Careers were damaged, of this there is no doubt. But compared to the earlier outrages, the society, notably the Government, responded with comparative restraint. Again, there were casualties, but compared to the provocation. . .?|||Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, Appendix A, pt. 7}}
{{cquote|By the late 1940s there was a great agitation in the land about Communists and "comsymps." As early as January 1947 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned of infiltration in a publication ''Communists Within the Government: The Facts and the Program'' (not all the facts within which were wrong). Next came Congressional investigations, notably those associated with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Careers were damaged, of this there is no doubt. But compared to the earlier outrages, the society, notably the Government, responded with comparative restraint. Again, there were casualties, but compared to the provocation. . .?|||Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, Appendix A, pt. 7}}
==="Anti-Communist" John E. Rankin lauds Stalin===
From the 1930s–50s, white supremacist and progressive U.S. representative [[John E. Rankin]] of [[Mississippi]]'s 1st congressional district outspokenly claimed to oppose Communist infiltration, staunchly supporting the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC), which he served on. However, during [[World War II]], Rankin openly praised Soviet leader and mass murderer [[Joseph Stalin]]:<ref>Boller, Paul F., Jr. (1995). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Not_So/cA8Q1Ev7ol4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+rankin+joseph+stalin&pg=PA138&printsec=frontcover Not So! Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton], pp. 138–39. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>
{{cquote|Stalin was educated for the priesthood. The Bible says, teach a child the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart therefrom. It was but natural therefore that when Stalin got in power he should open the churches ... Stalin broke up the Comintern ... He restored rank and discipline in his army and introduced the incentive payment plan among the men who work in his factories.|||Rep. John E. Rankin, 1940s}}
==The "alt-right" as a comsymping movement==
==The "alt-right" as a comsymping movement==