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Originally posted by manalone
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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The most comical representation of which is that in most Labor Unions in the 50's and 60's the swearing in of the new membership usually included the phrase "I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the Communist Party". Some unions continue with this practice still, today. I guess Joe McCarthy wasn't the only one who persecuted communists.