• Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    But that isn’t the same thing at all. These are not Stalin’s words.

    If you buy into the McCarthyism “Red Scare” nonsense, then fine, but remember that the only lives McCarthy ruined were those of Americans, and with one possible exception*, all of whom were innocent of any actual wrongdoing.

    *Alger Hiss maintained his innocence to his death, and the evidence against him is dubious at best.

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        8 hours ago

        No, you’re right, I stand corrected. Although I don’t know how much that had to do with McCarthy himself or the Un-American Activities Committee - it was an FBI investigation trail that had already begun before McCarthy kicked off with all his nonsense.

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      If these words weren’t condoned by Stalin and his goons the writers would have been flogged, tied to a post, and shot if they were lucky. These words and this drawing were sketched by the will of his administration.