For the umpteen hundredth time, it was NOT the House Un-American Activities Committee. THAT monicker was given it by the left-wing press to ascribe un-American activities to the committee itself. The committee was really the HCUA — the House Committe on Un-American Activities.
The problem is when Savage, et al say bring back the House Un-American Activities Committee, how does that sound? What is the message to the apolitical? That helped destroy the Committee.
Absolutely the left used the name "House Un-American Activities Committee" to malign and destroy the Committee. -- and that was before Alinksy wrote his book Rules For Spoiled Brats or something like that. It worked back then and the tactics are working today.