2006-09-27 13:18:27 · 9 answers · asked by woodpyleonwildy 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The association of thr color red with the russian communists goes back to 1917 when the Czar was deposed. Guess it rubbed off on the other communist states.
2006-09-27 13:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Starred for forcing human beings to a minimum of google the Black list ("hollywood ten" is yet another solid search for time period, yet bypass away the costs on there, and ignore about any hyperlink that has "harry potter" or "transformers" on it) contained in the previous answering, and making human beings study something. i'd agree, pondering Communism itself wasn't somewhat a relatives individuals time period till around the pink Scare. We had to attend till we've been finished hating Germany contained in the previous shall we get round to hating Russia.
2016-11-24 23:23:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Senator McCarthy was trying to find Communist that he believed had embedded themselves in American government.
2006-09-27 13:21:34 · answer #3 · answered by GloryDays49ers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They used to call communists "reds" the red flag of russia perhaps????
2006-09-27 13:21:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
red = communist
2006-09-27 13:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by mahe_hawaii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the communist color is red
2006-09-27 13:20:49 · answer #6 · answered by ben s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The color red is associated with communism, so its like a catch phrase
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2006-09-27 13:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of the Soviet Union and the fact that they had missles targeted for the USA!!!!
2006-09-27 13:22:39 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McCarthy turned out to be right after all!
2006-09-27 13:22:43 · answer #9 · answered by Paladin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋