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McCarthy was somewhat right in that the administration, secret services and universities were riddled with Communists. He may have been wrong about who exactly
by iwr 16y ago
McCarthy was somewhat right in that the administration, secret services and universities were riddled with Communists.
He may have been wrong about who exactly was a Communist or wrong about his methods, though.
- Locke1689 16y agoExcept that most of the people he actually accused were not Communists. And, perhaps most importantly, political ideology isn't a crime.
- iwr 16y agoTrue enough. Still, I fail to see the similarity between Lieberman and McCarthy in this context.
- pigbucket 16y agoAccusing NYT of bad citizenship (Lieberman) is similar to accusing people of unAmerican activities (McCarthy). Calling on companies to withdraw services from Wikileaks (Lieberman) is similar to calling on advertisers to withdraw support from Time magazine (McCarthy). Overwrought, fear-mongering rhetoric (Lieberman) is similar to overwrought, fear-mongering rhetoric (McCarthy).
- quanticle 16y ago>McCarthy was somewhat right in that the administration, secret services and universities were riddled with Communists. What sort of evidence do you have for this assertion? As I recall, McCarthy's "evidence" was a bunch of baseless accusations made by others who were themselves accused of being Communists. The accused were promised leniency if they would only point out others who were either Communists, or Communist-sympathizers. As one can imagine, this led to a lot of innocent people being accused simply for being associated with another accused person.
- lkjhgfvhjk 16y agoRemember the definition of a communist in America is anyone who isn't senator McCarthy.