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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]


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This month, we revisit the neo-McCarthyism that ProBush.
The cries of neo-McCarthyism are particularly ironic since many of the incidents chronicled in the report are not about offensive anti-war or anti-American speech.
Several recent remarks and commentaries by conservatives illustrate a disturbing degree of Islamophobia and have clearly ventured beyond the limits of reasonable debate into the realm of hate speech and neo-McCarthyism.
 
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