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McCarthyism
McCarthyism was defined as the use of intimidation and unfounded accusations in the name of fighting communism. It is a lack of intelligent discussion, the presumption of guilt instead of innocence, and the idea of guilt by association. (http://web.demigod.org/~zak/ documents/high-school/paper-mccarthyism/html) It is important to realize that the idea McCathyistic idea of ignorant persecutio ....
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.... preferential treatment for one of his friends. The Army kept a record of the calls he made, and then later released them. This enraged McCarthy and he made wild accusations that the Army was filled with Communists. In May 1954, he got into a confrontation with the U.S Army and its secretary, Robert Stevens, and the famous McCarthy Army hearings began soon after.
With a television audience of twenty million Americans, the flamboyant senator randomly fired accusations of Communism tow ....
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