The difference between McCarthyism and liberalism
by Edward Feser
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Comments (5)
With a similar motive, structurally speaking.
Posted by Athos | September 26, 2009 6:45 PM
Well, Joe McCarthy was substantially correct.
I heartily recommend Sam Francis' essay, "The Evil that Men Don't Do" in Beautiful Losers.
Posted by Gintas | September 26, 2009 11:10 PM
Some Roman emperor is recorded as saying that everyone thinks you're paranoid until you wind up assassinated. The tragedy of McCarthy is that *there were* Reds under every bed. The tragedy of America is *that there weren't* McCarthyites under every bed.
Posted by Bonifacius | September 27, 2009 1:14 AM
McCarthyite: someone who thinks there is a communist hiding under every bed
Liberal: someone who thinks there is a McCarthyite hiding under every bed
This is good. I will remember this.
Posted by kurt9 | September 30, 2009 1:15 PM
The cause of liberals fearing MCCarthy under every bed?
A guilty conscience.
Posted by Michael Langhorne | October 3, 2009 4:54 PM