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The problem lies in the fact that the whole concept of political and moral freedom is immediatly discarded by extremist groups, left and right.
This is particularly true of the ethos of right conservatism and soviet communism, both of which share a monopolistic and suppressive instinct. Thankfully, the right conservative form is moderate, where a truer representation of soviet ethos would be fascism.
Either way, the important thing to remember is that Joe McCarthy was prosecuting people for legitimately held political beliefs and that this is a crime against the most fundamental basis of the American Republic.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
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