Journalist and author M. Stanton Evans argues in his new book, "Blacklisted By History," that declassified files from the United States and the Soviet Union prove that Sen. Joe McCarthy was right about the communist threat and that liberals have ignored the evidence and distorted history.
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2007-11-07 00:05:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, God bless Joe McCarthy a real American hero!
2007-11-07 00:10:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 11⤋
On his first day in the Senate, McCarthy called a press conference where he proposed a solution to a coal-strike that was taking place at the time. McCarthy called for John L. Lewis and the striking miners to be drafted into the Army. If the men still refused to mine the coal, McCarthy suggested they should be court-martialed for insubordination and shot.
2007-11-07 08:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by TroubleMaker 5 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Actually the documents that show the senator was right have been available for decades. I remember seeing something about it on tv some 5-10 yrs ago too.
2007-11-07 08:33:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
McCarthy had opinions that went above and beyond patriotism to absolute jingoism. He jailed people because they were in the proximity of communists (which, btw, communism isn't illegal in America, so this is outrageous on two levels), and staged wild and exaggerated political stunts to try to get people paranoid enough to support him.
I'm definitely not a communist, but I think that McCarthy's tactics were far too militant and inappropriate to be justifiable, especially given the tense circumstances in world politics at the time.
2007-11-07 08:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by - Tudor Gothic Serpent - 6 · 5⤊ 5⤋
I have to say that ivanna's answer above pretty much nailed it with one exception: they were not guilty of treason, since the Soviet Union was never technically our enemy. De facto enemy? Sure, but we were never legally at war with them, ergo supporters could not be guilty of treason. Espionage and subversion, yes, treaon, no.
2007-11-07 08:31:30 · answer #5 · answered by Chance20_m 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
did you know that Jews really were in high positions of authority, the wealthiest demographic, and owned much of the business and industry in pre-Nazi Germany?
well, go on, now that you have the facts you can start defending Hitler. in America you are allowed to be a communist if you so choose. adhering to a certain ideology is not a crime, but it would have been had McCarthy had his way.
2007-11-07 08:27:41 · answer #6 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 3⤊ 5⤋
The guy is no historian, notice how you didn't say that Evans is a board member of the Far Right group called the American Conservative Union.
Read about him, it's clear that he's biased to the Right.
2007-11-07 08:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by ck4829 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Oh please. So now the goal is to resurrect McCarthyism. Yes, let’s start reporting our neighbors to the authorities for being un-American and let’s start calling anyone we disagree with a Communist. Red-baiting worked pretty well, for a while, back then so why not resurrect it. "McCarthy was right" is a very sad and pathetic statement in this day and age.
2007-11-07 08:26:29 · answer #8 · answered by tribeca_belle 7 · 6⤊ 5⤋
Joe McCarthy was wrong in generalities, he was wrong in specifics. He accused - without evidence anyone that was against his 'hate' speech, he was in turn reviled not just by liberals, but my conservatives, by agnostics, by virtually everyone that had associations with him.
Communist threat? You might want to read some headlines in the last 15 years. You also might want to realize that - declassified documents were written in a time of fear (thanks to Mr McCarthy et al). The proof is not in the documents, but in what context those documents are supported by other evidence.
2007-11-07 08:21:16 · answer #9 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 10⤊ 6⤋
Oh now there is a great source of truth. I have documents that tell me that there are Chinese colonies on the moon. That Hitler is alive in Columbia and that Elvis sells hamburgers in Minnesota. What else ya got?
Have you seen and interpreted these documents? Didn't think so.
Of course the evidence is ignored. It was 50 years ago. Distorted history, once again, of course, that is done all the time. Grow up.
2007-11-07 08:17:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 6⤋
ma-ma-ma-myyyy verona! don't forget those wacky weathermen - what ever happened to silly susan rosenberg & lovable linda evans & their *explosive* hi-jinks, anyhow? ohhh yah... that's right! the clintons pardoned both of them!
2007-11-07 10:44:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋