Once you realize that the American political mind sees “America” as a collective will, not a coalition of agents sharing a concrete goal, the mentality is simple.
To oppose Communism, we must collectively will that Communism is bad. We must not fire Communists, arrest them, etc
"Communists are evil and should be stopped. How do we do this?!"
>reads history book
"Oh no, no, that can't be true"