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 …
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Replying to @hiltzikm
@hiltzikm@MichaelMcGough3 Isn't argument that Dems actually pioneered a lot of McCarthyism -- i.e. supporting HUAC in 1930s, early 1940s?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@MichaelMcGough3 Yes, but Dems and Reps weren't monolithic then--many archconservative Ds, and progressive Rs. not like today.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hiltzikm
@hiltzikm@MichaelMcGough3 Fair point. But Cold War liberals had role in all this.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@hiltzikm@MichaelMcGough3 Yeah—when I wrote "liberals," I didn't mean conservative Democrats.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @notjessewalker
@notjessewalker @hiltzikm @MichaelMcGough3 Also: Jesse's summary of all this is scholarly consensus on topic.
7:40 PM - 22 Apr 2014
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