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[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't get it. If this is in reference to US Politics (it almost always is), the right is red.

If it's in reference to 20th century communists, fair play.

If it's in reference to British soldiers of the 18th and 19th centuries, again fair play.

Ambiguity is the nemesis of fun.

[–] gitamar@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

It is definitely a "1933-1945 Germany against Soviet Union" reference. There's also a German version: lieber tot als rot. The US/NATO version during the Cold war came later

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like you found two ways to get it, and chose not to?

But anyway, there's no need for speculation if you familiarize yourself with the phrase: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_dead_than_red

[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Count again. 3 ways to get it. Including the way you've linked. My first one was correct.

[–] 5wim 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Lol your first one was wrong, bud

Edit: and there were two ways to "get it," meaning "understand it," not three. That's quite a few comprehension errors in your effort to be critical of this post!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Saying "the right is red" with that much emphasis on "is," is super misleading.

The Republican party, over the last half century, or so, have adopted the color. But very rarely is anyone refereed to as "a red". Someone might say "red vs. blue" as shorthand for Republican vs. Democrat, but that's really as far as the color thing goes. And if you go back a little further, they were switched completely; Democrats used red.

Anyway, it is the boomers' collective PTSD from the McCarthy era that cemented "red" to mean "communist". Unfortunately, the red scare never really ended.