This is true in the sense that the McCarthyism proves that massive attacks on political speech are most successful when centrist liberals make common cause with the hard right.https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1520034809908715525 …
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I have never quite understood what was wrong with the ACLU deciding in 1940 that Elizaberh Gurley Flynn and other Stalinists, while they should be free to speak their minds, should *not* hold office in an organization dedicated to civil liberties.
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So you think one lawsuit is comparable to loyalty oaths & black lists that result in many thousands of people losing jobs in academia, arts, journalism, and non-profit organizations. Amazing.
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Even Hook (who was not really typical of anti-Communist liberals) came out against "the plethora of needless loyalty oaths in education and other professional fields."https://books.google.com/books?id=mXzllS1Cy6QC&pg=PA87 …
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