There is one action in politics that remains a standard: fear and hate. Even though this morning didn’t start off with the intent to write anything on tactics, I made the mistake of reading the Substack feeds I subscribe to. Probably because I have, unlike almost all of you, lived through it once before, one paragraph from one commentary stood up and slapped me across the face. It’s McCarthyism.
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This is a part of history that should be both forgotten and never forgotten, as the lessons to be learned are invaluable.
The paragraph that sparked my tapping fingers came from someone else who lived through the same era, Robert Reich, in his piece “Why Is He Using the Communist Trump Card?”
Has Trump run out of cards? We know he isn’t playing with a full deck.
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I could go on, but if you’ve been paying attention at all, there’s no need. Just don’t get distracted into a resurgence of McCarthyism. No matter how you spell it, it always boils down to diversion, distraction, fear, and hate — Trump’s aces, all up his sleeve.
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The other side is the enemy, and now that side has morphed into evil Commies. It’s McCarthyism again. – Video
There is one action in politics that remains a standard: fear and hate. Even though this morning didn’t start off with the intent to write anything on tactics, I made the mistake of reading the Substack feeds I subscribe to. Probably because I have, unlike almost all of you, lived through it once before, one paragraph from one commentary stood up and slapped me across the face. It’s McCarthyism.
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This is a part of history that should be both forgotten and never forgotten, as the lessons to be learned are invaluable.
The paragraph that sparked my tapping fingers came from someone else who lived through the same era, Robert Reich, in his piece “Why Is He Using the Communist Trump Card?”
Has Trump run out of cards? We know he isn’t playing with a full deck.
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I could go on, but if you’ve been paying attention at all, there’s no need. Just don’t get distracted into a resurgence of McCarthyism. No matter how you spell it, it always boils down to diversion, distraction, fear, and hate — Trump’s aces, all up his sleeve.
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