It is a shame that some people get stuck on a point and can't see beyond it.Let me ask you this...why did Miller write the Crucible? Was it to announce that there were no Commies in Europe? Or was it to alienate those pursuing the very real communists in Washington?
it does not matter the communists were in the United States or overseas or everywhere.
I would argue that it does matter. Very much. As a matter of fact, I think I could even make a point about people not seeing the point.
No, he wrote it to say that just as those in the 1600's were wrong about the witches, they are wrong in the 1950's about the communists. He said the threat from witches was non-existant, comparing it to the "supposed" threat of communists in the 1950's. There was no threat from witches in MA or elsewhere. There is no threat from communists here or elsewhere. But in the 1950's all you had to do was read the paper and pay attention to the news. Eastern Europe, China, Korea - it was all there. Steyn is saying the analogy did not compute.
Just because he did not explain it fully to your satisfaction or the way you would have, does not mean that others failed to get the meaning. I am still waiting for your national column.