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McCarthyism
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McCarthyism
from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy who acted out morbid fear of aliens, especially Communists. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 409]
See : Xenophobia
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There were also comments coming from far right figures such as Andy McCarthy who said that Obama had won Arafat's Prize; to respond to him, I go back to what I had written yesterday and say that Arafat's shoe sole is more decent that all McCarthyists, from Senator Joseph McCarthy to Andy McCarthy today.
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Of course, the McCarthyists themselves were a backlash of sorts.
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Singer Robeson, best known for Ole Man River, spent much of his life blacklisted by McCarthyists.
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