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Destructo6 · October 10, 2000, 01:44 PM

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The feeling at the meeting is upbeat, as if the party that survived the McCarthy
purges of the 1950s and the collapse of the Soviet bloc a decade ago is finally
finding its way again.[/quote]

Equating "The Red Scare" of the 1950s to the Soviet purges of the 1930s is purely BS. Last I heard, people weren't executed en masse as in Russia.

October 10, 2000, 01:44 PM	#3
Destructo6 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 1999 Location: Nogales, AZ USA Posts: 4,000	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR> The feeling at the meeting is upbeat, as if the party that survived the McCarthy purges of the 1950s and the collapse of the Soviet bloc a decade ago is finally finding its way again.[/quote] Equating "The Red Scare" of the 1950s to the Soviet purges of the 1930s is purely BS. Last I heard, people weren't executed en masse as in Russia.