LittleNipper
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McCarthy wasn't entirely wrong. Communism is atheistic. They did close churches. Communists clearly saw Christianity as a serious threat to their control of the public at large. The communist were very "moral" from their point of view. They saw the United States as highly decadent. That said, it didn't matter if the high party members lived in luxury; however, for them to live in luxury, everyone else needed to scrape by ---- particularly where it didn't matter how hard someone worked, when the citizens all were paid the same and lived in comparable accommodations. This excluding the head officials (who gleaned the best of everything). No, I believe McCarthy was used and mislead in order to make him appear a clown and cause America to let down its guard. Clearly, by turning those hearings into a charade, and seeing communists everywhere (to the joy of liberals), and not being sympathetic to the vast problems stemming from the Great Depression, and the mistakes of a more turbulent time in our history; everyone was being accused of being a "card carrying" communist. And in so doing the real conspirators continued to destroy America from within. It's funny that within less than a decade the Bible would be removed from basic public community functions and education would become very liberal without its conservative influence. Just watch episodes of Leave It To Beaver. Note the interaction between the teacher, student, and parents. This isn't just make believe. Beaver ended its syndication in June of 1963. The Bible hadn't been removed from the morning exercises YET. They didn't show this on the program ----- it was an obvious given in most all communities. A very early episode shows the Beaver singing a Christmas Carol in a school Christmas Program with his classmates (of course Beaver is wearing a knit hat because of a BAD haircut).The only reason the majority of American citizens were against Communism was because they (the Communists) espoused ATHEISM --- closing churches, ejected and murdered missionaries, controlled education and, wanted the US to be an atheistic country eventually (the sooner the better). Once the US becomes indifferent to Atheism, the war is over...
my take on the McCarthy era is that americans were MISLED about communism and the atheism libel was the ONE that charlatans FOCUSED upon. Communism was presented as IMMORAL AND ANTI-JESUS. Its faults are far more significant than THAT---but it is probably true that the overwhelming majority of the people of the USA would not understand the threat if it had not been for the ANTI-JESUS issue. I was used because it WORKED
The teachers on the show were pretty much spot-on in their views and scholastic opinions. Parents would lay down the law if they was called into school to the Principle's Office. Threatening a teacher seemed a death-wish (I'm sure that there were moments). However, the teacher then was seen as an extension of the parents, as were Sunday School Teachers, and police officers. Talking back was a big no-no! A letter home from school meant big TROUBLE! All this would rapidly change after 1963. And the Kennedy Assassination seemed to just push the Baby-boomer Generation to the brink. But again, simply make a conservative look like a prudish buffoon, and well --- one can go about his own agenda much more freely... Exclude the Messiah/Christ and you are excluding GOD and reaping the inevitable consequences.
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