Originally Posted by Heyitsrick (Post 2001400)

There was an interesting column written about McCarthy - but much more broadly about whether anything McCarthy was trumpeting at the time had any truth to it insofar as the left side of politics was concerned. It was written in the Washington Post in 1996 by the late Nicholas von Hoffman, and titled "Was McCarthy right about the left?"

von Hoffman was no friend of right-wingers, and he wrote what he believed. His words ended up getting him fired from CBS's 60 Minutes, actually, when he referred to Nixon as "a dead mouse on the kitchen floor that everyone was afraid to touch and throw in the garbage.”

von Hoffman was a community organizer for Saul Alinksy in the early 60's. von Hoffman was a left-winger, to be sure.

OK, back to the column -

von Hoffman found nothing redeeming in McCarthy's behavior. Here's how he characterized him:



There is a "but..." here, though. The next passage from von Hoffman reads this way:



Last summary:



https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...-5f352acbf5de/

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2001266)

So, if you didn’t like that country why didn’t you stay in the other countries? Pawns of any race don’t control how country run. They just make all the sacrifice’s. The rich NO matter what nationality NEVER sacrifice.

Originally Posted by brfree1411@aol.com (Post 2001472)

All this nutty talk about things being offensive is not fair. Some of us are offended by the people that are offended with our American Documents from our forefathers. We are equally offended by not being able to celebrate the holidays we grew up with. Why is it that "we" have to give up our liberties because others are offended? I am terribly offended by this !!

Originally Posted by John41 (Post 2000933)

This woke craziness will peak as did the insanity of the French Revolution when the mob turned on each other in a killing frenzy.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2000938)

sickening

Originally Posted by DAVES (Post 2001001)

"the country I grew up in no longer exists." I have movies that prove it never did exist.
We had some 16mm typical home movie kind of stuff that were taken by my uncle.
We never had a 16mm projector so I had never seen them. I was like 4 and my sister like 5. I recall eating those two stick ice pops and both may parents and my grandparents making me go back to pick up the trash that I had tossed. I assumed the streets were cleaner when we were kids. Well my movies show clearly trash blowing around the city streets.

I grew up POOR yet I had a solid family. Perhaps, the fault of my parents. I do not belong in our current world. I was taught if you need something, if you want something you work for it. Failure, simply was not an option to be considered.

Originally Posted by justjim (Post 2000972)

Why look at those records in the first place unless you were doing research? Most of us are way past that in our lives. I carried a pocket knife my Grandfather gave me to school for more than twelve years. Times have changed. Arguably for the better or worse depending on your point of view.

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 2000989)

If these sick screwballs don't like it here let them move to Cuba, Venezuela or even Afghanistan.

Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 2001008)

Nothing is being whitewashed? History IS being spun. Statues are being removed, damaged by mindless MOBS. Books are being removed form school libraries.

The Tea Party adopted, "Don't tread on me," as a motto. It would take a book to reply.
History. The Tea Party of Boston was not as simple as taught in school. A tax on tea.
While they did not yet know about germs they knew that you could not safely drink the water in the cities without getting sick. Then as now you need water to live. People drank liquor as the alcohol killed germs. I expect the heroes to me, who wrote the declaration of independence, the constitution etc had a buzz on when they did it.
As to tea, since you boiled the water, that too would bill the germs.

The destruction of the British tea screaming about taxes, was organized by Alexander Hamilton a bit of a scoundrel turned into a hero by history. Hamilton had a warehouse full of tea and he would have been financially ruined by the British tea.

We think, we are indoctrinated as if scoundrels have just been invented.

Originally Posted by sail33or (Post 2001070)

I just attended a retreat with very experienced, very educated, very accomplished people (all retired).

The purpose of the retreat was form a support group and try and put together an understanding of todays issues.

A very simple answer emerged.

Younger generations determine goals and future desires. We served this ideal with freedom and prosperity. "THEY" want what they have been taught by their cell phones. It is a form of Communism but you can invent a new word for it if you want. WE are going exactly where "THEY" want. We will have a front row seat to what we know is coming.

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2001419)

to help make McCarthy out to have any redeeming values is unbelievable . That’s like saying hitler built nice highways or Mussolini made the trains run on time , of course there were communist but painting a brush so wide and destroying so many lives of people could never justify his actions