Word: mccarthyistic
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...Watt's McCarthyist attack on the environmental movement was more than just clumsy. It demonstrated once again the secretary's belief that no one who disagrees with him can still be a good American. In other words, Watt seems quite confused about the difference between democratic political debate and scheming. It's an important distinction, and one that public' servants should be able to handle with ease...
...cannot forget that criticism of Israel itself frequently stems from prejudice against Jews in general," Weiner writes. His moderate tone helps obscure the McCarthyist tactic of his article--if you can't refute an opponent, identify the critic with some obnoxious symbol. McCarthy used red paint against anyone he went after; in today's debate, the shadow of the swastika is cast on those who speak out against Israel...
Thus the Marxist dream of world domination is palpably no McCarthyist mirage. From Indonesia, where government-sanctioned mobs howled for the ouster of a newly arrived U.S. ambassador, to Cuba, where Fidel Castro proclaimed that "the imperialists" will not prevent Red regimes from taking over throughout the hemisphere, it was also becoming clear last week that the U.S. would have to stand increasingly alone against the free world's enemies...
...London Times went so far as to call it "a forward outpost of the McCarthyist outlook," and few foreign businessmen thought that the strict U.S.-inspired embargo on "strategic" goods to Communist lands made too much sense. The embargo, they argued, had not noticeably stunted Russia's industrial growth; it tended to make Red China more and more dependent on the Soviet Union, and it deprived Western nations of much-needed markets. Over the years, bit by bit, the U.S. has had to give in to such pressure. Last week, after five months of arguing, the Coordinating Committee (COCOM...
Recent Russian scientific achievements, culminating in the firing of Sputnik, have strengthened the Soviet Union's position in regard to the satellite nations, and the uncommitted areas of the world, she said. Lack of knowledge and of understanding of our problems, inter-service rivalries, and a "McCarthyist" idea that the secrets of the A-bomb could be "locked up" has lost this race for America, she charged. She also criticized our emphasis on "lethal weapons...