In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist

Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by n4r9 on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:00AM (#30114001)

Iirc McCarthyism is the suppression of socialist ideas full stop, regardless of sympathy to Soviets or China.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by the_only_law on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:31AM (#30115835)

You recall incorrectly

> McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion and treason, especially when related to communism and socialism.[1] The term originally referred to the controversial practices and policies of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin), and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting from the late 1940s through the 1950s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by n4r9 on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:57AM (#30147037)

Doesn't seem too far off what I said. A widespread persecution of people with left-wing politics. Some other groups such as homosexuals also suffered. There was a tenuous and absurd justification of "un-American"ness or of communist sympathies.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by the_only_law on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:34AM (#30230536)

Yeah that was my fault. I completely misread the comment.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by Miner49er on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:52PM (#30118789)

And the next sentence, which you conveniently left out:

> It was characterized by heightened political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals, and a campaign spreading fear of alleged communist and socialist influence on American institutions.

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