“ I don’t think any of us could name anything like that happening in the fifties. ”
True. But Senator Joe McCarthy got thoroughly cancelled even in 1954, along with anyone to the current day who would suggest there were communists in our government. Baseless charges without evidence they said. Have you no decency, sir? Well, being communist is a state of mind kind of thing. It may be true but it’s hard to prove unless you catch them delivering state secrets to a communist embassy. Senator Joe was right and look at what we have today!
Exactly correct. You have to wonder if he has any remaining family who could sue for what was done to him! Everyone today has a gripe about something but that would certainly be a valid one and should be actionable.