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    [Noun]  | "red-bait*ing" | \ ˈred-ˌbā-tiŋ \


    1: the act of attacking or persecuting as a Communist or as communistic


    Origin: 1927 ;

    [Verb]  | "red-bait" | \ ˈred-ˌbāt \


    1: to subject (a person or group) to red-baiting

    2: to engage in red-baiting


    Origin: 1938 ;

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     [ "Red-bait" ]

    1: Also known as Reductio ad Stalinum, Reductio ad Marxisum, Reductio ad Chomskynum, Reductio ad Bakunum/Reductio ad Bakuninum, Reductio ad Libertarianum, Reductio ad Leninum, or Red-tag, is a logical fallacy (part of ad hominem) when someone dismiss speaker's argument by accusing them as a leftist

      * e.g.,  ... A: You're fascist <=A is deliberately doing reductio ad Hitlerum by accusing B as a fascist 

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    1: A logical fallacy that consists of making an accusation that some person is a communist, often with the aim of discrediting them. It can also be used to discredit an idea. It's most used in politics, often by right wingers when discrediting anything slightly left leaning.

      * e.g.,  ... Red-Baiting can be boiled down to: "Anything I don't like is communist!" 

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