Why are Americans more true to McCarthyism than to our founding fathers?

Question

Mc·Car·thy·ism /məˈkɑrθiˌɪzəm/

–noun 1. the practice of making accusations of disloyalty in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
2. the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, esp. in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.

Answer 1

the fathers are no longer here.

Answer 2

People seem to have an idealized view of the early days of the US as a time of high political ideals and noble oratory. The reality is that the founding fathers engaged in acrimonious disputes over which direction the new republic should follow. For example, George Washington, referring to Jefferson's party, wrote "a profest Democrat [...] will leave nothing unattempted to overturn the Government of this Country". Jefferson was widely vilified as a radical and an atheist.

Meanwhile, the Federalist party had passed sedition acts that made it a crime to criticize the government, and a number of newspaper editors and even a congressman were prosecuted for it. Political freedom, even in America, is a fragile thing.

Answer 3

Because this isn't the democracy that they were envisioning. Things have changed. Nothing is the same as when it was new (toys, lovers, cars). Things depreciate.


And, how many times do people have to tell the Christians that the founding fathers did not found our country on the Christian religion?

Answer 4

Because our founding fathers, generally, founded this country and it's laws based on a strong belief in God and the Bible. We are far, far away from our roots and have turned from being a strong Christian nation that accepts all kinds of beliefs. At one time you could trust more people in this nation, but when people stray away from such founding principles, everyone gets suspicious of each other.

Answer 5

Look up the trial of Aaron Burr, one of our founding fathers.