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So, in a recent episode, Sheldon makes a remark on TV that suggests he is a Communist. It's all a big error of course, and Sheldon doesn't understand what he said, but the family go into meltdown. The Grandma is outside her house waving the American Flag and Singing Star Spangled Banner all day and the rest of them are terrified...

Now I know its a TV show, and it's supposed to be stupid, but why would they have been so worried about it?

Free Speech is something that the Americans are proud to state that they have, yet this episode really seemed to contradict that. Please explain it to me, because despite living Stateside and loving it for nearly ten years, it made no sense to me at all?

EDIT TO SAY : Although I describe it as a recent episode, I think it aired over there on February 21st. It was the one where they have made a change to the ingredients and taste of his favourite bread...

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