Liberals do this because they know conservatives are anti-communist so if they call the thing they don’t like communism then they will spontaneously come around to disliking it instead of just recognising they’re obvious liars and making them even less likely to believe anything they say.
Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?
Liberals do this because they know conservatives are anti-communist so if they call the thing they don’t like communism then they will spontaneously come around to disliking it instead of just recognising they’re obvious liars and making them even less likely to believe anything they say.
Yes, and that’s why it’s so incredibly annoying to see two right wingers calling each other communists