Blue Baiting

'Red-baiting' is something that people on the left often face. They are made out to be wacky communists or socialists as if there is some sort of negative connotation associated with those ideologies. McCarthyism still lives on. Something less common is 'blue-baiting,' or making someone out ot be a conservative (small c or capital C); although I would suggest that there is something inherently negative about being on the right. Rarely are people on the right called out, perhaps with the exception of the occasional cat-call of 'fascist jock.' I, however, find myself in a unique position, as someone on the left who is routinely 'blue-baited.' The irony is that these people are also on the left, and aware of my positions. This makes me laugh. However, perhaps I should clarify to anyone who may have questions that I don't have a butler, a Bentley, or an indoor pool.