re: 70th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation: German Perspective

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Wasn't McCarthy actually proven correct decades after the fact? As it turned out, the Red Scare was entirely justified as many of those named as communist sympathizers turned out to be just that, some actually were spies for the Soviet Union.

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He also publicly went after a lot of people that weren't Communist sympathizers and royally screwed up their lives. They lost their spouses, jobs, etc. He should have privately investigated and not gone public with the people he was investigating until he was sure they were sympathizers.