The switch was exactly for the reason you cite. The Dems did not want to be associated with the color that represented communism, so the mockingbirds silently flipped the switch. The Republicans, to my recollection, did not complain, so it stuck.
You are exactly right. It was the MSM. Communist were the enemy was still fresh in everyone’s mind. And they were making great strides down the communist pathway. Tried to disassociate themselves from red.
The switch was exactly for the reason you cite. The Dems did not want to be associated with the color that represented communism, so the mockingbirds silently flipped the switch. The Republicans, to my recollection, did not complain, so it stuck.
I seem to remember Rush Limbaugh explaining this.
You are exactly right. It was the MSM. Communist were the enemy was still fresh in everyone’s mind. And they were making great strides down the communist pathway. Tried to disassociate themselves from red.