that word has some loaded baggage with it in the US. It's rarely used outside the context of it being coopted by the communist movement-- at least in the US. Co

that word has some loaded baggage with it in the US. It's rarely used outside the context of it being coopted by the communist movement-- at least in the US. Considering the multiple "red scares" in the US, the Palmer raids, etc... 100 years of history have linked the connotation in US usage as a reference to supporters of communism, stemming from a time when that support was also fairly closely linked with a Soviet Union very belligerent towards the US. Although it has been used more generically in the communist political scene without a linkage to (and with a criticism of) Soviet-style communism. I highly doubt archive.org intended that association, it merely explains why a person would view it as an odd choice if words.