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In reply to the discussion: They're Coming for Our Daughters: The conservative plan to shrink girls' futures [View all]JHB
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What was the Red Menace of the Cold War? That a pack of radicals would take power, upend our institutions and way of life, take away our freedoms, diminish us in every way, and treat dissent like it was treason.
Have you ever read old anti-communist propaganda? Like, from the 1920s? Some of those would warn about the methods the commies would use to take over, and damn if Far Right outfits like Heritage aren't following that playbook exactly. Snooker people into going along with them, then once in positions to pull levers, shove them hard one way and then break them. Once in positions to enforce rules, only enforce the rules when they suit you, and let your peoples' illegal actions go right on by.
They're everything the Commie Boogeyman was supposed to be.