I went looking for a source on Sanjay Gupta that didn't involve Stephen Colbert.
So what's the TLDR;?
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
...Red ones...
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I always have to stop and remember.
When they swapped, I never quite got it.
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Color representation swap from original meaning
The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the red flag or red star) are associated with left-wing politics and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color.[11] Indeed, until the 1980s Democrats were often represented by red and Republicans by blue.[1] According to The Washington Post, the terms were coined by journalist Tim Russert during his televised coverage of the 2000 presidential election.[12] That was not the first election during which the news media used colored maps to depict voter preferences in the various states, but it was the first time a standard color scheme took hold; the colors were often reversed or different colors used before the 2000 election.
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I was also confused when they added two words to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. At that age I thought the Founding Fathers had written it.
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I guess for me the color red is for Revolution, see Steve Earle's
Christmas In Washington:
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There's foxes in the hen house
Cows out in the corn
The unions have been busted
Their proud red banners torn
To listen to the radio
You'd think that all was well
But you and me and Cisco know
It's going straight to hell
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