Stop shitting on Joe McCarthy.
Yes, Joe McCarthy was more right than wrong. But I still think it’s a VERY good move to accuse the left of McCarthyism. Because that’s language they understand, and it will sting. And it might even make them think twice about what they’re doing.
(Sorry, Joe. You gotta take one for the team this time.)
I wasn’t “shitting” on him. Probably I should have said “McCarthyesque Monster” (to describe their behavior using a figure they despise) instead. They thought he was a monster for his methods, I think they’re being monsters in the same way.
I could say Stalinesque or Beriaesque, but they might wear those descriptions as perverse badges of honor.