Arthur Miller and those who subscribed to “Dissent” didn’t not fear Communism. They saw nothing wrong with it and though it was a “witchhunt” of fair people.
There were witches in the Crucible too. They questioned the judgement that said witches were evil.
It took some Stalinists like Pete Seeger 40 years to admit that Joseph Stalin had done some wrongs like killing tens of millions of people.
Red Asner still wants to know “what else did he did” (as in good works).
Yeah, it’s true their were tons of “artist” communists. But what I remember was what children were suppose to do if there was a nuclear attack by the commies. The run and duck under your school desk or build your own bomb shelter movies that was circulated back then. Red Diaper Doper Baby for me means most of the kids who grew up and became hippies of the 60s and not necessarily the kids of Hollywood communists. And most to this day, like Jane Fonda, have not changed and are (stretching) unremorsefully unremorseful.