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		roenxi on Jan 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parler's home page is back online, but app still n... Accusing members of a Communist party of being Communists isn't fairly described as a witch hunt. That is just run of the mill political repression.

philwelch on Jan 18, 2021 [–]

I would agree. That’s actually part of the point I’m making—unlike witches, communists actually exist.

I would further state that I’m, in general, opposed to political repression, even if the intent is to repress totalitarian ideologies that entail violence and mass murder such as communism.

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