The only problem is, it wasn't paranoia. There WERE Communists collaborating with the Soviet Union in the State Department, in the Defense Department, in the highest levels of the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, and in Hollywood.
Cold War era documents have proven beyond any doubt that McCarthy was right.
Conservatives should never go along with the lie that concerns about communism were paranoia.
Cool your jets.
You’ll find no friend of commie preverts here. ;)
Just pointing out how political climate can influence writers then and now.