[RobbyS]

If McCarthy did go off the deep end, I think it was because he didn't realize that communists had so many friends everywhere, that liberals thought of communists somewhat as conservatives had of Mussolini and Hitler. They simply could not accept that Communists were evil people. To them anti-communism was as silly as "I was a Communist for the FBI,"which portrayed Communists in steotypical terms. Never mind that a fanatical communist could be the guy next door.

[budwiesest]

They simply could not accept that Communists were evil people.

If you substitute radical Islamist for communist in this sentence you may have hit on something very big. (see World Trade Center 9-11-01)

My biggest fear is that it'll be up to me and my fellow citizens to prevent another 911 while suffering under PC-ness and gun controls, neither of which are foundations this country was built upon.