Presumably Marv is being sarcastic, but the distortion of political thinking connected with ignoring the actual roots and growth of the Red Hunt is serious. It's part of the almost knee--jerk and unconscious efforts of liberals to conceal the really nasty record of the DP.
Calling things by their proper names is not a trivial pursuit. The Truman-Eisenhour Era of the Red-Hunt. I know it's hopeless, but I'm not, ever, going to let people be comfortable about their mindless echo of the phrase, McCarty Era. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marv Gandall Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:37 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] FT obit of Lawrence Klein, economist Given the gravity of your offence, I don't think that's sufficient contrition. On 2013-10-31, at 12:32 PM, Julio Huato <[email protected]> wrote: > I stand corrected. > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: >> "...he testified against the Communists in one of those McCarthy >> witch-hunting exercises in Michigan. . . ." >> >> This is a stupid sentence. McCarthy had NOTHING to do with these hearings. >> They were conducted by HUAC. This distortion of history gives a >> wholly inaccurate sense of the Great Red Hunt, which was in full >> operation before McCArthy came along and continued after his fall. >> >> McCarthy is a misleading metaphor. >> >> Carrol >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
