McCarthyism is a practice of making wild assumptions and accusations of disloyalty, treason, and espionage. This term was used during the Second Red Scare in the 1950's, where people were constantly accused of being Communist spies. REPUBLICAN Senator Joseph McCarthy started this movement. This is no surprise that the Republicans were this nutty. If anything, what we see today with the war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Republicans stereotyping Islamic people, echos what happened during the 1950's, even though back then the Red Scare was a significantly larger issue.
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