traveler = 'Communist sympathizer'

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/2/2011 08:12 AM, 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.

Another word/phrase taken from me, like "gay" (as in "The Gay
Widow")!  Can I no longer refer to someone who accompanied me on a
trip as a "fellow traveler"?  Or even to someone who ... uhm,
excursed, as  just "a traveler"?  :-(

Joel

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