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Coulter is a revisionist of the worst ilk.
McCarthy, as someone indicated above, was attacking average citizens just a much (if not more so) than his higher profile stars and politicians. His witch-hunt ruined many lives.
Were some of those people communists? Quite possibly. Did they have every right to be a communist? Yes. Just as people are allowed to be Muslim today.
Freedom of religion, political association, etc. These are citizens rights.
To be a communist does not mean that you are trading nuclear secrets or planning to under mine your country. McCarthism didn't see this distinction.
Many good peoples lives were ruined and the nation was spun into an unrealistic frenzy of suspicion and fear. Very powerful tools for controlling a populace no?
Sound familiar? Sounds like the 80s and it sounds like the 2000s to me... Nothing like creating a boogeyman that you can scare the kiddies with to keep them in line...
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