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From: craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: I have here..
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Date: 16 Nov 90 14:37:08 GMT
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In article <sbDnI8u00WB6A6hdQy@andrew.cmu.edu> md3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Donald Drown) writes:
>You can't expect such a diverse audience, here on the net, to all know a
>speech that was given before most of us were born.  It is not stressed in
>school, like "four score and seven years ago..."  Nor should it be, the
>general idea behind McCarthy's idiotic behavior should be looked at.
>-Matt

As Geena Davis said in _The Fly_: "Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid."

The reason why McCarthy should be studied is that he did a great deal to remove
the freedom and liberties from a number of Americans.  He started the ignition
on a steamroller that was very difficult to stop.

The reason his words should be studied is because that is how he did it.  
Hard and fast evidence against many of the accused did not exist.  They 
were prosecuted based upon lies, hearsay, and innuendo.  Very similar to the
lies, hearsay, and innuendo that is so prevalent in the political campaigns in
the United States today.  Americans need to learn how to listen to our leaders
and try to cut through the bullshit to the truth.  This is not easy.

/craig