And not ones I'm sure I can address. I've only been here a few years. Perhaps someone with more history here could tell you?
I don't disagree with anything you've said, though. I've wondered about a couple of those myself. "America-hater" in particular sounds rather nationalistic and right-wing. I can't think of a single good way to define that term that couldn't eventually be used to silence legitimate criticism.
"Hard-line communist" seems wrong as well. For me, as a revolutionary socialist, yes, my end goal is communism. I will be shocked if we ever make it in my lifetime, but in the meantime, I will push for the transitory stages. Does that make me a hard-liner? Maybe it's referring to the "communist" dictatorships of Soviet Russia and the like, but then it should say so. Even then, it still seems like pretty right-wing phrasing to me.
And I think "terrorist-apologist" is reasonable: aka, don't be supportive of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, etc. Not exactly clear, though--and you're absolutely right. We are by far the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, bar none that I can think of.
As far as "kooks" and "crackpots" go, I have never heard them used other than by the establishment to silence views that -whether they are based in reality or not-, are anti-establishment in some way.
Agreed, though I think it's just saying keep your paranoid fantasies off this site. Odd since we do have a CT forum for that nevertheless.
All very good questions that I haven't really thought about with more than a passing glance. These are legitimate concerns over very vague phrasing on an important part of the site. Thanks for bringing them up. I might toss a thread over in ATA to see what's up with some of these.
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