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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 56 points 19 hours ago

Among the bizarre topics Trump discussed was his empathy for former producer Harvey Weinstein, saying that he was treated badly after being found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in New York.

He recognizes fellow travelers. Creep.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago

Where does the word travelers come from? I have it as an ear worm from a book or something

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

According to The Free Dictionary, the term fellow travelers "originally applied to people in the early days of the Soviet Union who supported the Russian revolution and the Communist Party but were not members."

Additional fun fact: the name given to the early Russian satellites, "Sputnik," has a meaning of “fellow traveler." It was mentioned on that dictionary page, but I ran it through Google Translate just to be sure. (See the third option under "More translations.")

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

Fellow travelers is a phrase used to denote someone who pushes or encourages an ideology or opinion without officially being part of the organization pushing it. It was originally applied to communist sympathizers but is used for other things commonly. A race science believer might be a fellow traveler with nazis but doesn't have to be a member of the nationalist socialist workers party.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 17 hours ago
[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 15 hours ago

It was also the title of a show and can be found on Netflix.

[-] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

Canterbury tales maybe?

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