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>anti-communist red scare McCarthism was as much anti-fascist as it was anti-communist, but of course commies would rewrite history to play the victims. Read t
by necessity 9y ago
>anti-communist red scare
McCarthism was as much anti-fascist as it was anti-communist, but of course commies would rewrite history to play the victims. Read the actual laws, it never mentions communism without mentioning fascism in the same sentence.
- carsongross 9y agoApparently the "shrillest" moment of the "red scare" was correctly convicting two communist spies of treason.
- tptacek 9y agoNeither of them were convicted for "treason".
- carsongross 9y agoQuoting the judge, when handing down the death sentences: I consider your crime worse than murder... I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians the A-Bomb years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the bomb has already caused, in my opinion, the Communist aggression in Korea, with the resultant casualties exceeding 50,000 and who knows but that millions more of innocent people may pay the price of your treason.
- tptacek 9y agoFascinating. Neither were convicted of "treason", the requirements of which are, alone among crimes, spelled out in the main text of the Constitution.
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop using HN for ideological battle? We ban accounts that do this because it violates HN's mandate. And we've asked you many times before.
- necessity 9y agoI don't want to post about politics either, but people post ideological stuff, ideological replies should be expected, no? When I started using the website it was more focused on what it was meant to be, and I don't think I ever discussed politics then. Then the American elections happened and people started posting politics all the time. Well, political replies ensue. I flag posts that are purely political, I don't just reply to them.
- dang 9y agoHN has always had a certain amount of political discussion and while you're right that it fluctuates with external conditions, the core amount of it is pretty stable. But there's a difference between substantive discussion and ideological inflammation. Name-calling ("commies") and dismissive swipes ("stop being so defensive") belong to the latter, so please edit such bits out of your comments here. The principle is simple: avoid flamebait to reduce flamewars.
- necessity 9y agoThat's fair, I will be more civil. But I don't think I am able to edit my comments.