Historically, greatest threat to free speech on USA campuses didn't come from communists or PC but from McCarthyism & Cold War liberalism
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@margotdarby Yeah, the 40s & 50s when artists and academics were blacklisted & tried before McCarthy's HUAC1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@margotdarby@HeerJeet The HUAC became a standing committee in 1945. Blacklisted Hollywood 10 in 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@ImitationJordan @margotdarby Read Ellen Schrecker's books on McCarthyism (which she shows pre-dates McCarthy himself)
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