Oh, but it was needed - and it was there. There was much more afoot than people really believed, and McCarthy has to quite some degree been vindicated.
But there's no doubt that putting up a machinery such as this may be a dangerous thing. And it shouldn't really be necessary: people should be able to have basic awareness of threats and what to do about them without "putting on armbands".
How long will it be before political dissenters become "domestic terrorists"???
That's the crunch, of course. Such a broad system will be misused sooner or later, the only question is when. I'd not give it any longer than until the next Democrat administration.
On the other hand, it's very obvious that some political dissenters lean heavily toward the terrorists or are even in their camp.
Workable solutions, anyone?
My thoughts, exactly.