Word: mccarthyism
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LAST SATURDAY, the Harvard community was reminded by a coalition of conservative students that "McCarthyism has revealed its post-Cold War agenda...
EVEN MORE WORRISOME, however, is the fact that this liberal mentality is the only one that many consider acceptable. A "leftist McCarthyism" has attempted to quell any ensuing dialogue, and has portrayed any opposing view as narrow-minded or unworthy of consideration. Frankly, I find this attitude not only greatly disturbing, but disgusting as well...
...lengthy extract in the Harvard Business Review prompted a fusillade from fervent free-traders. New Republic columnist (and TIME contributor) Michael Kinsley broadly hinted that Choate, despite his denials, was engaging in "McCarthyism" with "his easy accusations of disloyalty, his imagery of infection of the body politic, his woozy mixture of falsehoods, half-truths and exaggerations." Hobart Rowen, a Washington Post columnist, called Choate's theories "pure poppycock...
...attempt by Israel's supporters to smear critics of Israel and Zionism as "anti-Semitic" or "self-hating Jews" is simply Jewish McCarthyism...
...March, the Women's Law Association wrote to a visiting professor, charging that he repeatedly used sexist language in his lectures and in a textbook he authored. The professor responded with a sharp criticism of the group's claim, saying "this whole affair...reeks of McCarthyism...