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> The McCarthy era was again a matter of government action through government processes with at least some level of transparency, democratic representation, and
by blt 6y ago
> The McCarthy era was again a matter of government action through government processes with at least some level of transparency, democratic representation, and accountability. It was not spontaneous mobs of individuals without leaders or any kind of accountability.
How were the perpetrators of McCarthyism held accountable?
- jlawson 6y agoTook 5 seconds to look up on Wikipedia: "With the highly publicized Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954, and following the suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester C. Hunt that same year,[12] McCarthy's support and popularity faded. On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted to censure Senator McCarthy by a vote of 67–22, making him one of the few senators ever to be disciplined in this fashion." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy#Censure_and_the_Watkins_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy#Censure_and_th...
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