This trope has long been used to justify repression of anarchists, communists, liberals, immigrants, and unions.

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    Then write that instead of some ahistorical nonsense about how “the trope of anti-communism has LONG been used to justify repression of liberals.” For 100+ years the boot on the neck of communists, socialists, anarchists, trade-unionists, etc. has been directly from liberals.

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      and overwhelming majority of neoliberals – which encompasses both red and blue maga – refuse to accept that this happened.