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McCarthy’s commission existed till... early seventies?
by trasz 6y ago
McCarthy’s commission existed till... early seventies?
- dragonwriter 6y agoThe committee McCarthy chaired at the time of his notorious anti-Communist crusade was the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which still exists. You may be thinking of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which also spent some time doing similar anti-Communist witch hunts, which existed until being renamed as the House Internal Security Committee in 1969, and was abolished with it's functions transferred to the House Judiciary Committee in 1975.
- trasz 6y agoThanks. So it boils down to China being where USA was 50 years ago, freedom of speech-wise?
- dragonwriter 6y agoWell, no, 63 years ago was Yates v. US; even through the height of the anti-Communist witch hunting phase, the US had a stronger protection of free speech rights of Communists than China has for dissidents today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States