Reference :- It seems the term " socialist " has lost it's sting at Sky News .
Dear purveyors of brilliant insight ,
In earlier days you could easily scare the great unwashed by using the words " communist " "socialist " " anarchist " and "activist " interchangeably . You could use these terms to denigrate anybody you didn't like , and though in reality they have very different meanings , you chucked them about without concern for their precise definition . But no more .
Sadly , these days , people have finally noticed that the most liveable countries in the world with the happiest people describe themselves as "socialist " , so this term has lost it's sting . Likewise when the Soviet Union broke up the term " communist " started to seem less threatening and somewhat dated . Recently the term "activist " has been watered down by the hardworking mums and dads protesting about climate change .
That left only the word " anarchist " , as a tool with which to terrify . Unfortunately it has a certain " conspiracy theory " ring to it and one doesn't like to appear to be a nutjob . Which brings us to your current rediscovery of the term " Marxist " .
It's actually a pretty good word to scare folk with . It is short and sharp , with harsh consonants , and immediately evokes images of a weird looking foreign chap with a wild beard who is surely up to no good .
And best of all , nobody has a clue what it means ( fear of the unknown being very powerful ).
Well picked , I say . You have tried hard to turn terms like " environmentalist " and "scientist " and
"epidemiologist" into insulting labels , without very much success , but you could be on a winner with this Marxist one .
Anyway , Sky Reply contributor , Monte ( the motorcyclist ) wants to know just exactly what a Marxist is and why that is so bad . I am sure you can help with that , although I don't know why he is interested .
The way you spit out the word tells me all I need to know about their evil death cult .
Keep up the good work . It's nice to see the team staying one step ahead of the crowd .
Your comrade , Ken .
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