[a fool in paradise]

She added: "It's McCarthy-like. They swarm in here and confiscate this product because they don't know what the product is."

That has NOTHING to do with Joe McCarthy or Communist "witchhunts" (which found REAL Communists).

How about Gore-like? Seizing all filament lightbulbs and low flow toilets even though it won't aid the climate one bit.

[kitkat]

***That has NOTHING to do with Joe McCarthy or Communist “witchhunts” (which found REAL Communists).***

You’re absolutely right! I was with the woman until I realized that there are STILL people dumb enough to believe McCarthy was on a witch hunt.

[slowhandluke]

How about 'Palmer-like', from the Palmer raids under Woodrow Wilson (D).