Joe McCarthy was more right than wrong.
The John Birch Society has gotten paranoid and lost credibility largely because of the resistance and denigration of the subversive socialist media and the general reluctance of their readers to believe anything the JBS says.
For anyone who thinks the Birchers are way out there, I'd suggest a good look at the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto and compare that to how the fedgov runs this country.
One thing I have noticed, is that their magazine takes one stance: that which is lawful under the Constitution.
Read that, then go back and read an issue or two of TNA.
You will find that despite offending your sensibilities on occasion, they have a good track record for being right.
I have seen no evidence of racism of any stripe, either.
What I really want to know is why so many here are willing one minute to refute chapter and verse what the MSM says, and the next minute they are clamoring to get on the Dino-Media bandwagon, especially when it comes to smearing a Conservative group?