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Way OT, but a "cold war" question. who were the "Pinkos?"
Tim wrote:
Robert Allison wrote: Tim wrote: My daughter asked me this last night and I realy didn't know how to answer her. since the Russian Revoloution in 1917, and the overthrow of the Czar, the US refered to the C.C.C.P. an the "Reds". OK, where did the "Pinko" term come into effect? Was it the eventual Eastern Bloc nations? or say , Castro's Cuba? I'm curious, who were the "Pinko's? Communist sympathizers. It was a term used to describe anyone that was sympathetic to the communist or socialist cause, but wasn't actually a card carrying member of the communist party. Sort of a communist light term. It originally came from the term "parlor pinks" which was used back in the 20s and 30s to refer to the same sympathizers. Pink being a diluted version of red. -- Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc. Georgetown, TX Robert, you answered a question that I should have also posted. the sympathaizers living in a free society with communistic views. "parlor pinks" I've never heard that phrase before. When you get called something often enough, you begin to wonder about it. I did. Back in the sixties, all you had to do to become an official pinko was grow your hair long and wear a peace symbol. -- Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc. Georgetown, TX |
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