Have you ever been called a racist? Are you a racist? Do you even know what the word means? Probably not, but it is more than just a word—it’s a tried and true progressive/communist strategy.

The term “racist” is the rhetorical invention of a Jew named Lev Bronstein. Never heard of the guy? Sure you have. He changed his name to Leon Trotsky, and together with Lenin birthed the most vile form of government ever known to man—communism, or as the more politically sensitive among us like to call it—spreading the wealth around. In 1917, Trotsky coined the phrase “racist” to describe the people of Russia who were resisting the takeover of their country by Jewish communists. But don’t take my word for it; check out what David Francis, the American Ambassador to Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution said about it:

The Bolshevik leaders here, most of whom are Jews and 90 percent of whom are returned exiles, care little for Russia or any other country, but are internationalists, and the are trying to start a worldwide social revolution.1

The communist leaders used the term to suppress any serious debate about the issues facing the Russian people, and by so doing were able to fundamentally change Russia. Come to think of it, isn’t that what the progressives are doing to the Tea Party? They call these patriotic Americans names, make fun of their heritage, and marginalize them in every way possible in order to suppress diversity of opinion. But, words have consequences.

Progressives would have us believe that anyone who doesn’t want to spread the wealth around is racist. Progressives, like their Stalinist founders, claim that anyone who points out racial differences is a bigot, unless those doing the pointing are African-American or Hispanic, then they’re just oppressed. So, are you a racist? If you believe, like the Russian people did in 1917, that our country is being overrun by foreigners who are robbing of us of our heritage and wealth, then you, my friend are a racist. Does this mean you drag black people behind your pick-up truck and burn crosses in people’s yards? Nope, people who do things like that aren’t racists; they’re bigoted monsters who don’t value human life—just like the black thugs that kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed a European-American couple for no other reason than they were white.

I don’t know anyone who would hire someone just because of their skin color. In a farming community, we hire people who can work hard. It has nothing to do with skin color. If you can throw hay bales, shovel stalls, fix the manure spreader, and perform any number of equally dirty and demanding tasks, you’re hired. Why would any legitimate business person sacrifice their profits for color? It’s a stupid move. And that’s why the left is screaming racist—they know that Americans are the most tolerant people on the planet, much more tolerant than Israelis. (Did you know that Israel doesn’t even allow inter-racial marriages?) The left understands history. They know the term will work to suppress the free exchange of ideas and a robust national dialogue on race-based policies.

The next time someone calls you a racist, make them define it. Ask them where the word originated. The fact of the matter is the left helped bring the most dangerous president the United States has ever known to power by emphasizing his race. If America were a nation of bigots, Barry Obama would never have gotten elected. The only people that use the term racist are progressives, or as Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin would call them, communists.