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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: TomSea on July 29, 2016, 09:31:57 pm

Title: Red Scare; Communists are out to get you!
Post by: TomSea on July 29, 2016, 09:31:57 pm

When I was growing up, this Christian UHF channel was showing one of those anti-Commie films but actually pulled it because it got a little too far out, a bit violent. That was the old channel 44 I think.

(http://www.tubefilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/red-scare-poster-600x369.jpg)

Back in those days, Communism was a threat; did the US go overboard in paranoia? Yes but it was a grave danger nonetheless.

(http://www.edb.utexas.edu/faculty/salinas/students/student_sites/Fall2007/John_David/images/suburubiacartoon.jpg)

There is even an interesting book out there on just the Red Scare affecting the VOA and Radio Free Europe; I'd have to find it again.

Any red scare memories? I do remember even comic books were out on the dangers.

Islamaphobia is fairly well founded; in some ways, I see parallels but certainly not with the same kind of creative license. Propaganda is not needed, the extremists do it to the belief system.

Back then, I think there was a high degree of hysteria but it could happen again.

(https://timeonhands.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/islam-sign.png?w=300&h=280)

Title: Re: Red Scare; Communists are out to get you!
Post by: Chieftain on July 29, 2016, 09:56:38 pm

Ditto meself.....

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