Word: delusional
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The great delusion began innocently enough in 1691 in the little town of Salem Village along Massachusetts' north shore. To escape the gloom of a dreary New England winter, the young girls of the neighborhood began to gather in the evening at the home of the local minister, the Reverend...
"A Persistent Delusion"
When this subcommittee completes its investigation, I believe that you will conclude, as I did, that there was an unwillingness on the part of Mr. Truman and others around him to face the facts and a persistent delusion that Communist espionage in high places in our Government was a Red...
A Diversionary Tactic. The uproar began on Nov. 6 when Brownell, in a speech, told the Executives Club of Chicago: "Harry Dexter White was known to be a Communist spy by the very people who appointed him to the most sensitive and important position he ever held in Government service...
Brownell had chosen the words "delusion" and "blindness" with care. Neither they nor any other words used in Brownell's speech carried an implication of conscious disloyalty to the U.S. on the part of the people who appointed White. Nevertheless, the molders of the Democratic Party's line...