This was such a nasty time in the US History, I personally think they should have exposed the youth of America to it a little more so they can see how bad Vets were treated when they came home. These people should have been shot for treason.
A lot of the youth don't have a clue of what happened back then .. all they have is what Hollywood tells them
. . . but then, "they" weren't interested in that because "they" were the ones who supported John Kerry.To really cover the subject you would have to cover Communism, anticommunism, fairly. You would have to teach that "the McCarthy Era" was entirely unexceptional except for all the moral posers afoot at the time.
You would have to teach the fact that if the newspapers scream about being censored, you know that in fact they are free as a bird. The only way you know the news is being censored is by reading between the lines about what the reporters do not say. Yet any history of "the McCarthy Era" will use contemporaneous accounts by Americans in-country for proof. Which proves only that those who believe in "McCarthyism" are suckers.
This was such a nasty time in the US History
(If I may) You might want to take a look at the presidental campaigns in the earry years of the republic.
If you think it's bad now just wait until to dems realise that they aren't going to win.