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Joseph McCarthy
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Noun1.Joseph McCarthy - United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)


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In the past when America has been panicked, grave injustices have been done, first to innocent Japanese Americans, rounded up and imprisoned during World War II and then to anyone suspected of communist sympathies during the appalling Congressional witch-hunt led by Sen.
We were afraid in exactly the same way "circumstances of the time" stoked the fear of Communism during the Cold War, and our government persecuted its perceived enemies even more ruthlessly than Sen.
Whether we'll see increased incidents of racial profiling or scare tactics similar to those used by Sen.
 
 
 
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