I think Marv is mocking, not the content of your remarks, but the insulting tone you use. You seem to be implying that I made a conscious attempt to sanitize the history of persecution of Communists in the U.S. You can take for granted that such was not the case.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Presumably Marv is being sarcastic, but the distortion of political thinking > connected with ignoring the actual roots and growth of the Red Hunt is > serious. It's part of the almost knee--jerk and unconscious efforts of > liberals to conceal the really nasty record of the DP. > > Calling things by their proper names is not a trivial pursuit. > > The Truman-Eisenhour Era of the Red-Hunt. > > I know it's hopeless, but I'm not, ever, going to let people be comfortable > about their mindless echo of the phrase, McCarty Era. > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marv Gandall > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:37 AM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] FT obit of Lawrence Klein, economist > > Given the gravity of your offence, I don't think that's sufficient > contrition. > > On 2013-10-31, at 12:32 PM, Julio Huato <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I stand corrected. >> >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: >>> "...he testified against the Communists in one of those McCarthy >>> witch-hunting exercises in Michigan. . . ." >>> >>> This is a stupid sentence. McCarthy had NOTHING to do with these > hearings. >>> They were conducted by HUAC. This distortion of history gives a >>> wholly inaccurate sense of the Great Red Hunt, which was in full >>> operation before McCArthy came along and continued after his fall. >>> >>> McCarthy is a misleading metaphor. >>> >>> Carrol >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pen-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
