Yes, which is why the support anti-speech college kids get from mainstream figures at The New Republic makes them actually worrying
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So in the name of free speech you are saying that there can only be one correct opinion on speech controversies? Great Orwellian logic.
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McCarthyism became powerful because it exaggerated and hyperbolised a *real* and serious threat. There really were Soviet spies in the military & the State Department & in the unions - not nearly as many as McCarthy suggested, but they were there and they did harm.
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Also libertarian hero Ayn Rand was central to the operation of the black list by media industry
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We see a new McCarthyism among the new anti Russian hysteria.
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Absolutely, I always thought the best account was David Caute's 'The Great Fear."
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One similarity to McCarthy era: people eager to hand power to real fascists to fight imaginary communists
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McCarthyism was powerful because the majority of Americans watched it happen and did nothing to stop it.https://twitter.com/williesband/status/838804204185612288 …
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They can, however, threaten Jordan Peterson's ability to pick up $30,000 and up for an easy afternoon's work. https://www.reddit.com/r/JordanPeterson/comments/7xgzxl/how_do_people_pay_jbps_speaking_fee/ …
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