WOW! Exactly what unconstitutional tactics were used and against whom?
McCarthy did not 'single out' any group unless you consider individuals who work for the US government and had access to classfied information to be a 'group." Of the 'names named' by McCarthy, he was proven to be 100% correct. Every one was giving secret information and assisting Joseph Stalin, the greatest mass murder in history. Are they an oppressed minority that needs protected?
Gee, where to begin? Let's start with the way he took donations from the American people in the "fight against communism" which was largely used for his horse-betting addiction instead. And then there's the way he committed slander against numerous elected officials simply because there was no way that they could prove that they *weren't* communists. He also used his considerable influence to get his friends "soft" militatry assignments, which was the meat of the McCarthy trials in 1954. Oh, and he also suppressed freedom of speech by "black-listing" works of art that he found to be sympathetic to the communist cause, such as Arthur Miller plays and Woody Guthrie songs. If the police in your area were McCarthy fans and you were caught with a copy of The Communist Manifesto, for example, you could get thrown in jail for "subversive activities" or other nonsensical charges.
Every one was giving secret information and assisting Joseph Stalin, the greatest mass murder in history. Are they an oppressed minority that needs protected?
That's a mighty broad claim...do you have any evidence of this?