Word: mccarthyism
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...sense nods off and allows our enemies, not ourselves, to invade and conquer. Pod seeds fall from outer space and rob sleeping humans of their emotions, their very selves. It was Us vs. Them, cold-war style -- and in this cunning parable of persecution, Them could be communism or McCarthyism. It could be any ism bent on robbing the U.S. (Us) of its ragged individualism...
...else could one explain his insistence that he was a target of a "new McCarthyism" by the press? Inman named only three columnist critics, just one of whom had been harsh. Most press reaction to his appointment had in fact been admiring, even excessively...
There are legitimate, bothersome examples of p.c. intolerance on both sides of the political spectrum. But when you start getting into guilt by association, you are beyond conventional p.c. of the left or right and back into the more virulent form of right-wing p.c. known as McCarthyism...
...1950s is remembered more for its sociology than for its politics. After a decade of depression and four years of war, the nation was hell-bent on normality. Neither the Korean conflict nor McCarthyism could distract Americans from their rush to claim a place in the rapidly expanding middle class. The standard rerun of the period features sincere men in gray flannel suits and contented women in kitchen aprons smiling at Mr. Clean. And why not? Coincidentally or not, he looked a lot like their amiable President, Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Describing the piece as "almost McCarthyism," Moreno said she finds it hypocritical that a professor could make "anonymous accusations that are so damning" against Ogletree, and yet be part of a unanimous vote to offer Ogletree tenure