Yes, Dems were complicit in McCarthyite red-baiting in 50s. But only Reps defend McCarthy today: http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/22/four-great-myths-of-the-mccarthy-era …
@hiltzikm @MichaelMcGough3 Isn't argument that Dems actually pioneered a lot of McCarthyism -- i.e. supporting HUAC in 1930s, early 1940s?
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@HeerJeet@MichaelMcGough3 Yes, but Dems and Reps weren't monolithic then--many archconservative Ds, and progressive Rs. not like today. -
@hiltzikm@MichaelMcGough3 Fair point. But Cold War liberals had role in all this. - Show replies
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