I discovered this when reading the resurrected McCarthyism thread do the definitions still apply ? It wasn't challenged at the time!

From: Jon Corelis - PM
Date: 27 Feb 12 - 12:25 PM

Since this forum has an international membership, maybe someone should explain that in US political discourse, "communist" means "socialist," "socialist" means "liberal," "liberal" means "moderate", "moderate" means "conservative," and "conservative" means "ranting right wing fringe looney."