2006-09-04 12:47:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Rampant fear based on pure prejudice and lack of understanding. Trumped up charges, trials and effective punishment without any due process. And in both cases people were offered a chance to save themselves if they offered up other targets for the hunt.
2006-09-04 12:50:03 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first answer above is probably the best.
Read "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. The setting is the Salem Witch hunt / trials, but it was allegory for the Red Scare which Miller himself was caught up in.
(To the second answerer, why in the world would you call this person a moron? It was a good question. They didn't ask if there were witches in Salem, they asked what similarities there were between the trials (which DID happen) and the Red Scare. If you don't grasp the question, just don't answer. And you really shouldn't throw aspersions on other's intelligence when you don't know to capitalize the first word in a sentence, "Communism", and "America")
2006-09-08 03:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by Matt 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋