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2016-04-18 Fifth Column

Blue on Blue: Leftists condemns HRW's report on Venezuela

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Posted by Fester Thrimble9033 2016-04-18 00:01|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 in Venezuala, the population is really feeling the bern of socialism

Posted by lord garth 2016-04-18 13:23|| 2016-04-18 13:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Are you sure you don't mean Red on Red? They are all commies & socialists, after all.

Posted by Nguard 2016-04-18 15:10|| 2016-04-18 15:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Maroon on Maroon?

Pity about Venezuela. We had such high hopes that Socialism would finally, at last work somewhere on God's gray earth. But like the man said, "We seen dis movie!"

Posted by SteveS 2016-04-18 16:47|| 2016-04-18 16:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Are you sure you don't mean Red on Red? They are all commies & socialists, after all.

Th Blue on Blue thing comes from the 200 and (I think) the 2004 electoral maps which showed the left as blue and republicans as blue. It has been that way since 2000; whenever anyone mentions the left fighting the left, as blue on blue, as counter intuitive as it may be, I have used it.

Posted by badanov 2016-04-18 19:11|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-04-18 19:11|| Front Page Top

#5 The Blue on Blue thing comes from the 2000 and (I think) the 2004 electoral maps which showed the left as blue and republicans as red. It has been that way since 2000; whenever anyone mentions the left fighting the left, as blue on blue, as counter intuitive as it may be, I have used it.

Posted by badanov 2016-04-18 20:09|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-04-18 20:09|| Front Page Top

#6 And introduced a grammar error in the headline.

Red on red means enemy on enemy. It's US Army slang. Blue forces are us, red are enemy. I thought it was pretty well-known.

Posted by Elmavish Panda1401 2016-04-18 22:17|| 2016-04-18 22:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Charming the chrome off of a trailer hitch, are you?

Posted by badanov 2016-04-18 23:39|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-04-18 23:39|| Front Page Top

#8 The red state vs blue state paradigm is from the last Dan Rather presidential election coverage. CBS put the Republican states in red and Democrat wins in blue. All the other channels depicted the Republican state wins in green.

In military terms rather than this political shorthand, Red on Red is slang for U.S. foes killing themselves. Blue on Blue is for fratricide.

So, all Americans oppose Blue on Blue. Yet watching Bernie busting up on Hillary is great for everyone -- competition is good. Calling it Blue on Blue is natural, but it is really Socialist on Commie; so, pink on red.

Posted by rammer 2016-04-18 23:49|| 2016-04-18 23:49|| Front Page Top

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