PROVISIONAL THOUGHTS ON FOOLISH THOUGHTS
RED-BAITING
OED: red-baiting, n. Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪtɪŋ/ U.S. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪdɪŋ/ Etymology: red n. + baiting n. Compare red-baiter n. and later red-bait v. Orig. U.S.
The harassment or persecution of people known or suspected to be communists or to have communist sympathies.
1927 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. 3/3 Sacco and Vanzetti are the victims of the ‘red-baiting’ of the days of Palmer and Burleson and have been sentenced to death because they were foreign-born workers who dared to hold unpopular political beliefs.
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Mar. 12/1 It was well-nigh impossible to say a word for capitalism and against the vagaries of Communism without being accused of Red-baiting.
1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Nov. 9 The defeat of the Liberals suggests that vociferous ‘Red-baiting’ is, however silly, good politics.
2002 Empire Dec. 181/2 John Edgar Hoover got his first taste of red-baiting in November 1919.
The harassment or persecution of people known or suspected to be communists or to have communist sympathies.
1927 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. 3/3 Sacco and Vanzetti are the victims of the ‘red-baiting’ of the days of Palmer and Burleson and have been sentenced to death because they were foreign-born workers who dared to hold unpopular political beliefs.
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Mar. 12/1 It was well-nigh impossible to say a word for capitalism and against the vagaries of Communism without being accused of Red-baiting.
1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Nov. 9 The defeat of the Liberals suggests that vociferous ‘Red-baiting’ is, however silly, good politics.
2002 Empire Dec. 181/2 John Edgar Hoover got his first taste of red-baiting in November 1919.
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