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submitted 1 year ago by Phen to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"PEOPLE CLAIMING STATE AND CHURCH SHOULD BE SEPARATED ARE NOT FIT FOR OFFICE, THEY ARE COMMUNIST TRAITORS"

That's more of a 50-70s thing. In the 1920s communism wasn't a big idea in the US and God wasn't in the pledge nor part of our national motto.

[–] jaywalker@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

The first Red Scare was in 1919 and communism was a big enough idea in the US that the government was putting communists in prison