If socialists and communists don't like being called socialists and communists, maybe they should think about being better Americans by not being socialists and communists.
They're not that bright. They think calling themselves "progressives" will fool everyone.
Progressives want the US to "progress" to the condition of the Soviet Union circa 1958.
I agree with you to a point, daveman. However, I have to believe that you are giving most of the leftists/communists/progressives too much credit for even knowing what the hell they are talking about, from a historical perspective.
The "everybody owes me" generation, (or as I call them, "Generation L"- the "L" as in Loser), knows very little about history, specifically the Cold War, since the vast majority of them either weren't taught history in high school, or dropped out of school before they had the opportunity to learn history.
The rest of "Generation L" who did manage to go to college are being brainwashed and indoctrinated by leftist professors who were part of the 60s college campus sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll scene, and who more than likely had a few too many LSD trips.