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20517245? ago

This will be an actual McCarthy-like witch hunt

McCarthy was correct. Commies were infested all over the US government. So it wasn't a "witch-hunt"

20518041? ago

I recall the college instruction on this subject, by my professional propaganda professors, who wanted to lead us to believe that McCarthy was a bad bad man and caused many innocent people to be unjustly persecuted. If you wrote anything contrary to the party line in you're term papers discussing the matter, your grades were going to have a bad day.

20519406? ago

To be fair, or offer perspective, I went to an Ivy League University and wrote a paper about how McCarthy was trashed in the media unduly and got an A.

20520950? ago

Maybe he shouldn’t have put two gay Jewish lovers on his staff who ended up sabotaging the operation. Did you write about that?