Mojo2
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I can understand why you feel the need to flatter yourself. They were more susceptible to government propaganda because they lacked much in the way of alternative independent sources of information.
That's it? That's all you got? Your own paranoia fed by extreme right wing disinformation?
Joseph McCarthy
Just ONE of the lessons that might be learned from this article is that many of McCarthy's worst qualities and characteristics are now recognized (ESPECIALLY BY LIBERALS THEMSELVES) as identifiably Liberal descriptors.
That partly explains the venom he inspires from the fangs of the Libs and Dems and Progs and Leftists and Socialists and Marxists and Communists.
When they look at him and who he was they see a lot of themselves and they don't like it. And they can't help recognizing and being reminded of it.
So, whenever they can they let the arrows fly at even the mention of his name.
If only America's moderate Muslim population was as sincerely outraged at the fundamentalist and violent and non-violent Jihadi who they resemble (hell, it's impossible to know one from the next!) as today's Liberal Americans are outraged at ol' "Tailgunner Joe"!
And I haven't even finished reading this article yet! I want to wait until I can spend the time enjoying the ride with such an interesting and competent writer telling a compelling and very revealing story.
And, so I wonder, (BTW, is Derideo_Te an Australian term? What, if I might 'aks', does it mean? Is it anything close to being the utterance of a heavily accented Ozzie toddler or a drunk doing an imitation of Eddie Murphy's SNL era, "Buh Weat".
What I imagine he might have been saying is, "...the radio! [O]'tay?"
But, I digress...
He was little different in the service he performed for this country than your weekly Refuse Collectors or street cleaners or snow plow drivers or cops or EMT and Fire responders or the members of our military to our elected leaders on the local, statewide and national levels, all of whom sometimes have to perform really difficult and really dirty jobs.
These servants of the people may cheat on their wives, gamble away their weekly paycheck, do a little pot on weekends, might accidentally shoot their friends in the face or maybe even bow to Saudi leaders who are kith n kin to bin Laden himself.
What I'm getting at is that no matter what his personal faults and flaws were or are, you must try to separate your emotions from your assessment of the facts.
This article, I hope, will conclude by saying McCarthy may have had his faults as a person but there is no question he performed this country a great service.
Preaching to the rightwing choir again? You dredge up something written by a conservative with an anti-liberal agenda and it provides you with exactly the mindless fodder that you wanted. It takes all of the egregious faults of the conservative McCarthy and conveniently labels them as "liberal". It could have been written by Ann Coulter or any of the other rightwing hacks that churn out this endless stream of "red meat" to feed the fragile egos of the extreme right.
But thanks for conceding the point that your paranoia is being constantly fed by rightwing disinformation.
Oh, and if you want a hint, try Latin!
I must apologize for neglecting to point out yet another one of your typically liberal tendencies.
You hear what your critics accuse you of so often that the only defense left to you with which to shield your idealistic, naive, cynical and yet out-of-control "control freak" little hearts from suffering permanent damage is to parrot back to them everything you heard them say to you!
Very typical Lib tactic, but surprisingly effective.