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Unfortunately McCarthy wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, the gay stuff was particularly silly. On the other hand he was 100% right about the CPUSA, about
by bobcostas55 11y ago
Unfortunately McCarthy wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, the gay stuff was particularly silly. On the other hand he was 100% right about the CPUSA, about soviet spies infiltrating the government, etc. Between Venona and the Soviet intelligence archives we know that he was spot on. The much-maligned HUAC even found the Soviets' most valued asset, Alger Hiss.
So yeah, a bit overzealous. The whole circus didn't last long, anyway.
- elektromekatron 11y agoAgain, silly isn't the word I'd use here, however I guess, given you are also busy slandering Ray Bradbury as a Stalin apologist based on not properly reading a very short article, it is a bit petty in context to be too annoyed about your continual abuse of serious understatement.
- jacquesm 11y agoFortunately! He could have done a lot more damage if he was sharper and it would have taken longer for his contemporaries to come to their senses. Ditto Hitler.
- srean 11y agoyou mean just like rape is a bit of surprise sex and typically doesn't last very long anyways, right ?