Whats a pinko?

[Comrade Nasser]

Someone said that to me last night at the mall when I was with my girlfriend. I think he meant it in a derogatory way? If it helps I was wearing my red shirt with the yellow hammer and sickle on it.

[Captain Ahab]

A communist sympathizer.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinko

[a_wild_MAGIKARP]

A right-wing term for leftists, but usually more moderate center-leftists I think. It makes sense, if communists are "red", then a "lighter" leftist would have a lighter color.

Sounds like a badass shirt btw.

[Comrade Nasser]

Never heard this term before. I've heard commie, red, terrorist, blah etc. but never Pinko. And it is an awesome shirt. Its right up there with my "Communists have no class" t-shirt lol

[Red Commissar]

"Pinko" is an old smear term by Americans in the 50s but kind of started waning by the 70s. It was used in the same pejorative sense that right-wingers use the word "liberal" now. There's a double meaning of the person being an idealistic idiot out of touch with reality. Truth be told I really haven't seen the term too much but I guess it could be making a comeback because of all the socialist conspiracy nonsense around Obama (even the recent CPAC conference mentioned the "war against secular socialism").

[DarkPast]

It also has connotations of effeteness, i.e. marking the target as washed-out, decadent or even feminine/gay.

[hatzel]

"Pinko" is an old smear term by Americans in the 50s but kind of started waning by the 70s.

Hey guys don't you think it's boss when people use up-to-date slang?

[Ocean Seal]

A counter-revolutionary sympathizer :laugh:.

[Rurkel]

Yes, a pinko is a bourgieios-humanist-pacifist-social-democratic-liberal pseudo-lefitst whom the revolutionary terror organs will treat exactly like the enemies of the revolution deserve.

[Comrade Nasser]

It also has connotations of effeteness, i.e. marking the target as washed-out, decadent or even feminine/gay.

I was with my girlfriend? LOL. I think it was because of my shirt (hammer and sickle) when I wear that I usually hear them under their breath as they walk by "commie" or "commie scum". This one was unique because he said it to my face and that's the first time i've heard "pinko".

[LOLseph Stalin]

I find it amusing that people are even still using these old Cold War terms that were basically put in place to single people out, kind of like how muslims today are singled out as "terrorists". My friend's dad calls me a Pinko, but he does it jokingly.

As others have said, it's essentially a communist sympathizer; an actual communist party member is a Red while a sympathizer is a Pinko.

[Comrade Nasser]

I find it amusing that people are even still using these old Cold War terms that were basically put in place to single people out, kind of like how muslims today are singled out as "terrorists". My friend's dad calls me a Pinko, but he does it jokingly.

As others have said, it's essentially a communist sympathizer; an actual communist party member is a Red while a sympathizer is a Pinko.

I think he said pinko because I was just wearing the shirt. Like sympathizing with it huh?

[LOLseph Stalin]

I think he said pinko because I was just wearing the shirt. Like sympathizing with it huh?

Most likely, yea. He would just think you're a sympathizer since the Soviet Union no longer exists. There's many people out there who think communism is a dead ideology.

On a related note, I actually want a shirt like that just to see how many people I can piss off.

[Comrade Nasser]

Most likely, yea. He would just think you're a sympathizer since the Soviet Union no longer exists. There's many people out there who think communism is a dead ideology.

On a related note, I actually want a shirt like that just to see how many people I can piss off.

You'll piss off a ton of people. LOLseph have I told you about the time last year I brought my soviet flag to school? Funny story.

[LOLseph Stalin]

You'll piss off a ton of people. LOLseph have I told you about the time last year I brought my soviet flag to school? Funny story.

nope, but I feel like we're taking this thread way off-topic.

[Comrade Nasser]

nope, but I feel like we're taking this thread way off-topic.

I'll PM you the story later then.

[pastradamus]

I actually use that word from time to time to describe one of those annoying Coffee shop pseudo-leftist that will turn into someone's egotistical supermarket manager once he hits 40....you know what I mean.

BTW, with that badass shirt you most certainly do not fall into this category.

[ellipsis]

cold era relic, meaning somebody who was bordering on being a communist, was a sympathizer, but not actually a communist.

Nowadays people just use it to mean communist i think.

[Blake's Baby]

LOLseph has about explained it. If you're a Party member, you're a 'red'. If you're a sympathiser (what used to be called 'fellow travellers') you're a 'pinko'. Not quite a red.

[Crux]

So the proper response when being called a pinko would be "I'm not a pinko, I'm a red." That's what I say anyway.
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[Comrade Nasser]

I actually use that word from time to time to describe one of those annoying Coffee shop pseudo-leftist that will turn into someone's egotistical supermarket manager once he hits 40....you know what I mean.

BTW, with that badass shirt you most certainly do not fall into this category.

Thank you. Yeah I hate coffee-shop leftists too. But I don't even think they're leftists. I think there is a more appropriate word for them: Liberals

[Comrade Nasser]

So the proper response when being called a pinko would be "I'm not a pinko, I'm a red." That's what I say anyway.
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I'm pretty sure these people don't know the difference anyway lol.

[conmharáin]

I always thought "pinko" was that stuff the Japanese breaded their fried pork with.

[ellipsis]

from ar-15.com in 2008, about me:


More pinko commie fag targets for men who know better.And their useful idiots the anarchists , zombies all!


I always thought "pinko" was that stuff the Japanese breaded their fried pork with.

thats panko