traveler = 'Communist sympathizer' (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Mar 2 16:03:56 UTC 2011

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> At 8:12 AM -0500 3/2/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >By re-analysis of "fellow traveler":
> >
> >2009 _IMDb_
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052600/usercomments?filter=hate :
> >A Great Film For A Traveler, Otherwise Just a Curiosity ...  If you
read who
> >the reviewers are and where they live it gives you a better clue on
who
> >would totally love this film, I have to think they are travelers,
it's all
> >good, but I'm just saying....it was good, but not great. Then again,
I'm not
> >a traveler (I joined the military to help protect the USA from Soviet
> >aggressions in the 1980's) so take that into account.
> >

It strikes me as odd that the reviewer says "it's all good", when he
obviously doesn't think it (sympathy for communists) is good.

The expression "it's all good" usually seems to be used this way.
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