McCarthyism Redux

In Curt Gentry's spellbinding biography of J.E. Hoover, the name of Senator McCarthy appears numerous times. One in particular stands out:

 "McCarthy knew next to nothing about communism, foreign or domestic. Earlier, seeking an issue for his 1952 reelection campaign, the senator had consulted several advisers: one had suggested increased pensions for the elderly, another championed the St. Lawrence Seaway; while the third, Father Edmund Walsh, a Georgetown Univiersity dean, had recommended the issue McCarthy finally picked, Communist infiltration of the government."   
p 378, J.Edgar Hoover, The Man and The Secrets

 Hence the name McCarthyism entered the colloquial lexicon for those of a certain age who studied history.

 Now a new McCarthyism has emerged and the "National Association of Scholars" is tracking university professors who dare speak out against the politically safe topics.

 A database has been compiled of such cases. Read about that here and see the compilation of cases:

 https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/tracking-cancel-culture-in-higher-education?mc_cid=540c2f785f&mc_eid=e30e489040

Comments

  1. shJune 30, 2020 at 7:50 AM

    Lest we forget...

    https://fee.org/articles/the-palmer-raids-america-s-forgotten-reign-of-terror/

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  2. shJune 30, 2020 at 8:11 AM

    https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/02/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-ward-churchill#:~:text=The%20Colorado%20board%20fired%20Churchill,committed%20repeated%2C%20intentional%20scholarly%20misconduct.

    The Colorado board fired Churchill after a faculty panel found that he committed repeated, intentional scholarly misconduct. Churchill denied the misconduct, but much of his appeal focused not on the merits of the misconduct charges per se, but on whether the university's investigations into him were unconstitutionally influenced by a desire to punish his controversial political views.

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  3. shJuly 12, 2020 at 7:33 AM



    Facebook, censorship, Soros...

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  4. shJuly 12, 2020 at 7:34 AM

    Cancel culture....

    Cancel culture....

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  5. shJuly 14, 2020 at 8:36 AM

    Cacel Culture Petition

    "Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and inclusion across our society, not least in higher education, journalism, philanthropy, and the arts. But this needed reckoning has also intensified a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity. As we applaud the first development, we also raise our voices against the second. The forces of illiberalism are gaining strength throughout the world and have a powerful ally in Donald Trump, who represents a real threat to democracy. But resistance must not be allowed to harden into its own brand of dogma or coercion—which right-wing demagogues are already exploiting. The democratic inclusion we want can be achieved only if we speak out against the intolerant climate that has set in on all sides."

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