I think Steyn would agree that Communist infiltration of Hollywood was real, but along with Ford that censorship of the kind DeMille was apparently suggesting was not the cure. Anyway, that’s my take.
My issue was not primarily with what was or was not being planned or executed with respect to censorship.
I take issue with the use of the phrase “Red Scare”, which is fraught with meaning, and intentionally so from the Leftists who coined it.
There are conservatives who use the phrase, and should know full well what is behind it. I can only conclude it is one of three things: They agree with it, they are ignorant of its underlying meaning, or they are intellectually lazy.
I think it is at least possible both Mr. Steyn and Dr. Hanson are ignorant of its underlying meaning. I certainly don’t think either them either agree with it or are intellectually lazy.