This Day in Fascism (1947): "Red Scare" Blacklist

[whitehall]

Everything is political and the liberal media writes the history books. The point of the "Red Scare" was a political move by the democrat Truman administration after WW2. It's no secret that HUAC was a democrat operation and even supported by H'wood with a couple of movies and at least one T.V. series. You have to ask yourself how in the world the liberal media managed to blame a single minority party republican senator for the whole era that was started by a democrat president.

 

[bodecea]

Marxist have murdered and oppressed millions of innocent human beings.
It's best to nip it in the bud.
But, our dangerous far left wing crackpot Democrats are a constant threat to our democracy and constitutional form of government.

Yeah...screw democracy and the U.S. Constitution, eh?

 

[Pogo]

This Day in Fascism (yesterday actually -- internet was down) -- December 9, 1953, yet another day that will live in infamy.

Genuflecting obsequiously to demagogue, attention whore and circus Flatulence Performer Joe McCarthy, the General Electric corporation announces it will immediately fire all employees who are communist, and suspend any who refuse to testify to the aforementioned infamous HUAC.

so you think that commies´ General Electric suffered more than my people in GULAG , or the freedom fighters who were fighting Mongol - commie - satanists hordes in the woods of Western Belarus-Ukraine/Baltics at that time ?

I've not posted anything about those movies or about anything outside the US here. That post is about a fascist action taken by a very large corporation against its own workforce on the basis of how members of that workforce honor the principles of the United States Constitution. Such action was completely unAmerican on their part.

That's it. That's the entire point of that post, reinforcing the topic and shining a light on that infamous period of our history. No doubt you have much to say about your own history but you should start that thread in the appropriate place. I'll come by to read it.

 

[Pogo]

HUAC, the ‘red scare,’ and blacklists, were among the more reprehensible manifestations of conservative reactionaryism – the unwarranted fear of free expression and dissent common to most on the right.

Needless to say it would be naïve to believe it couldn’t happen again – conservatism continues to harbor the same unwarranted fear of change, diversity, and free expression.

Why do left wingers become hysterical about normal congressional investigations? Is it about the left's sensitivity about communism? Actually it did happen again and it does happen, often. When democrats gained the majority halfway into Bush's 2nd term what do you think the most important issue democrats at the time? The economy was about to collapse under the "leadership" of newly appointed House banking Chairperson Barney Frank who controlled Fannie Mae but democrats had bigger fish to fry. They held a HUAC like investigations into....gasp....steroid use in professional Baseball. After about year of HUAC like entertainment they managed to blacklist a legendary pitcher from the Hall of Fame.

There's nothing "normal" about grilling people about their private lives and personal opinions as if there are government-sanctioned ones and illegal ones. That's just fucking unAmerican. Ever hear of the Palmer Raids?

And quit trying to hijack the thread somewhere else because you can't handle it where it is.

Democrats dragged former baseball players before an inquisition designed to uncover steriod use in professional sports during the 2nd half of Bush's 2nd term.. A Hall of Fame pitcher ended up being blacklisted. How is that different from the Commie menace that plagued America during the Truman administration?

"Democrats"?

Hmm... How is fraud different from a blatant violation of the First Amendment.... gee Wally, that's a head scratcher.

First Amendment? Hollywood had no 1st Amendment mandate to keep commie writers on the payroll and the Truman administration had nothing to do with firing the hacks.

Who the fuck brought up "Truman"?

Your post says, and I quote, "Democrats dragged former baseball players before an inquisition designed to uncover steriod use in professional sports during the 2nd half of Bush's 2nd term" I'm pretty sure Truman was long gone by then. Now you're trying to hide under his skirt since you can't defend your point.

Again Wally, persecuting people on the basis of their thought is a completely different animal from Major League Baseball policing its players' cheating.

Go look up the Palmer Raids. That would be the previous Red Scare.

 

[Pogo]

Everything is political and the liberal media writes the history books. The point of the "Red Scare" was a political move by the democrat Truman administration after WW2. It's no secret that HUAC was a democrat operation and even supported by H'wood with a couple of movies and at least one T.V. series. You have to ask yourself how in the world the liberal media managed to blame a single minority party republican senator for the whole era that was started by a democrat president.

Bullshit. Truman could barely start his own car. He was an idiot who didn't bother to ask questions and one of the four worst Presidents we've had since 1900. And yet this is exactly the same time the far right started perverting the term "Liberal" by trying to associate it with "the left" and "the Democratic Party". That's where the hysteria originates. And by the way the Republican Party took over majority control of Congress in the election of1946--- exactly when all this started.

 

[whitehall]

Everything is political and the liberal media writes the history books. The point of the "Red Scare" was a political move by the democrat Truman administration after WW2. It's no secret that HUAC was a democrat operation and even supported by H'wood with a couple of movies and at least one T.V. series. You have to ask yourself how in the world the liberal media managed to blame a single minority party republican senator for the whole era that was started by a democrat president.

Bullshit. Truman could barely start his own car. He was an idiot who didn't bother to ask questions and one of the four worst Presidents we've had since 1900. And yet this is exactly the same time the far right started perverting the term "Liberal" by trying to associate it with "the left" and "the Democratic Party". That's where the hysteria originates. And by the way the Republican Party took over majority control of Congress in the election of1946--- exactly when all this started.

The "Dies Committee" was HUAC from 1938 to 1944 named after the chairman congressman Dies (D) Texas.

 

[Pogo]

Everything is political and the liberal media writes the history books. The point of the "Red Scare" was a political move by the democrat Truman administration after WW2. It's no secret that HUAC was a democrat operation and even supported by H'wood with a couple of movies and at least one T.V. series. You have to ask yourself how in the world the liberal media managed to blame a single minority party republican senator for the whole era that was started by a democrat president.

Bullshit. Truman could barely start his own car. He was an idiot who didn't bother to ask questions and one of the four worst Presidents we've had since 1900. And yet this is exactly the same time the far right started perverting the term "Liberal" by trying to associate it with "the left" and "the Democratic Party". That's where the hysteria originates. And by the way the Republican Party took over majority control of Congress in the election of1946--- exactly when all this started.

The "Dies Committee" was HUAC from 1938 to 1944 named after the chairman congressman Dies (D) Texas.

Whatever. Congressman Dies can chair whatever he wants. That wasn't the Red Scare daze, nor was it part of the period that is cited in this thread, which if you read the fucking OP begins in 1947. It's completely offtopic in a feeble attempt to derail this thread into your juvenile little partisan bullshit games.

 

[whitehall]

Everything is political and the liberal media writes the history books. The point of the "Red Scare" was a political move by the democrat Truman administration after WW2. It's no secret that HUAC was a democrat operation and even supported by H'wood with a couple of movies and at least one T.V. series. You have to ask yourself how in the world the liberal media managed to blame a single minority party republican senator for the whole era that was started by a democrat president.

Bullshit. Truman could barely start his own car. He was an idiot who didn't bother to ask questions and one of the four worst Presidents we've had since 1900. And yet this is exactly the same time the far right started perverting the term "Liberal" by trying to associate it with "the left" and "the Democratic Party". That's where the hysteria originates. And by the way the Republican Party took over majority control of Congress in the election of1946--- exactly when all this started.

The "Dies Committee" was HUAC from 1938 to 1944 named after the chairman congressman Dies (D) Texas.

Whatever. Congressman Dies can chair whatever he wants. That wasn't the Red Scare daze, nor was it part of the period that is cited in this thread, which if you read the fucking OP begins in 1947. It's completely offtopic in a feeble attempt to derail this thread into your juvenile little partisan bullshit games.

Yeah but you said HUAC didn't start until 1947 but it's clear that it just evolved under a different name but also during a democrat majority in congress. HUAC was as legitimate as the democrat scare of steroid use in Baseball a couple of years ago and Congress only had subpoena power just like they do today. If H'wood fired ...sob sob... screen writers it was because H'wood wanted to go with the social flow while the primary agenda was to keep sexual perverts in charge and make ridiculous amounts of money just like they do today while they manage to blame republicans. .

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Joe McCarthy and his damn HUAC

 

[Pogo]

Everything is political and the liberal media writes the history books. The point of the "Red Scare" was a political move by the democrat Truman administration after WW2. It's no secret that HUAC was a democrat operation and even supported by H'wood with a couple of movies and at least one T.V. series. You have to ask yourself how in the world the liberal media managed to blame a single minority party republican senator for the whole era that was started by a democrat president.

Bullshit. Truman could barely start his own car. He was an idiot who didn't bother to ask questions and one of the four worst Presidents we've had since 1900. And yet this is exactly the same time the far right started perverting the term "Liberal" by trying to associate it with "the left" and "the Democratic Party". That's where the hysteria originates. And by the way the Republican Party took over majority control of Congress in the election of1946--- exactly when all this started.

The "Dies Committee" was HUAC from 1938 to 1944 named after the chairman congressman Dies (D) Texas.

Whatever. Congressman Dies can chair whatever he wants. That wasn't the Red Scare daze, nor was it part of the period that is cited in this thread, which if you read the fucking OP begins in 1947. It's completely offtopic in a feeble attempt to derail this thread into your juvenile little partisan bullshit games.

Yeah but you said HUAC didn't start until 1947 but it's clear that it just evolved under a different name but also during a democrat majority in congress. HUAC was as legitimate as the democrat scare of steroid use in Baseball a couple of years ago and Congress only had subpoena power just like they do today. If H'wood fired ...sob sob... screen writers it was because H'wood wanted to go with the social flow while the primary agenda was to keep sexual perverts in charge and make ridiculous amounts of money just like they do today while they manage to blame republicans. .

This post is where USMB needs an icon that means "poster please "

 

[Pogo]

Joe McCarthy and his damn HUAC

The H in HUAC is for "House". Fun fact.

 

[whitehall]

Joe McCarthy and his damn HUAC

The H in HUAC is for "House". Fun fact.

McCarthy was a senator and he didn't even head a committee. It's crazy but the left leaning media managed to blame the entire era of uncovering communist infiltration in society on a single republican senator. Why not "Trumanism"? Doesn't have that zing or political implication?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Joe McCarthy and his damn HUAC

The H in HUAC is for "House". Fun fact.

McCarthy Blacklisted those Hollywood writers because he thought they were Commies

 

[Pogo]

Joe McCarthy and his damn HUAC

The H in HUAC is for "House". Fun fact.

McCarthy was a senator and he didn't even head a committee. It's crazy but the left leaning media managed to blame the entire era of uncovering communist infiltration in society on a single republican senator. Why not "Trumanism"? Doesn't have that zing or political implication?

Once AGAIN Dipweed --- the OP says nothing about any "McCarthy". *YOU* brought him in here, because you're too dense to understand the difference between "Senate" and "House".

Once again Stoopid --- the "H" in HUAC stands for "House" --- not "Senate". NOR does it stand for "Harry".

This is completely over your tiny pointed little head, isn't it.