I prefer to take my history with a grain of salt.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote: > "...he testified against the Communists in one of those McCarthy > witch-hunting exercises in Michigan. . . ." > > This is a stupid sentence. > > ---------- > > I have been rereading (actually, listening to) Gould's Mismeasure of Man, > and I was serious when I posted on lbo-talk not too long ago that the > adjective "stupid" should never be applied to persons, only to ideas. (For > years I have occasionally groused at Bush being called stupid.) And the > sentence I quoted was & is a stupid sentence. And I have, incidentally, > intermittently for 10 or 15 years complained often of the historical > distortion contained in "McCarthyism." Anyone who takes history seriously > should think about that. > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:29 PM > To: 'Progressive Economics' > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] FT obit of Lawrence Klein, economist > > 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 > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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