Re: Unamerican

bjm wrote:
>>That's pretty much how "unamerican" is used.  "Whatever my political
>>group doesn't like".
>barry garcia wrote:
>Of course, during the 50's it was part of the name of  the "House
>Unamerican Activities Committee" That was a part of that whole Red Scare.
>
A long, depressing and undistinguished history.  The term has been used
almost exclusively by the right to beat the center>left over the head.
Those reasonable & thoughtful folks who suggested that KKK, Joe McCarthy,
militias et al. might also be "unamerican" are by and large laughed out of
court......So it's amusing and  encouraging (re the original post) to hear
it from the gay community. And about time!
Perhaps one reason Europeans (or non-Americans in general?) seem to have
less trouble with such concepts is that, unlike us, they have known &
experienced _real_ leftists-- in the form of parents, relatives, sons &
daughters, co-workers etc etc.-- and found that they were not demons.
Familiarity can also undo contempt.