"His primary achievement has been in confusing the public mind, as between the internal and the external threats of Communism. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men—not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular."

"This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's methods to keep silent, or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities. As a nation we have come into our full inheritance at a tender age. We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."

"The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad, and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn't create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it—and rather successfully. Cassius was right: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

The GOP House and Senate need to read that many times until it finally sticks in their black hearts and pea brains.

When McCarthy drank himself to death, he got a state funeral with flags at half-mast.

McCarthy only deserved for people to desecrate his grave.

As bad as McCarthy was, I thought the clips of Roy Cohn were far more chilling. He had such an evil, evil air about him. With both of them together, even more so. You could almost see the young tRump on Cohn's lap, soaking up every word.

There were some rumors that McCarthy could have been gay, but I just don't see it. Cohn was obviously gay in his mannerisms and he had the BF in the military that he arranged favors for. And Cohn seemed to move physically close to McCarthy alot. But McCarthy didn't seemed phased by any of this. (I didn't get the vibe that McCarthy was sexually interested in Cohn, but I will watch again)

(OTOH I never thought Liberace or Paul Lynde as gay because I just never thought of it. I just thought they were silly. I was naive back then. Hubby never thought about Liberace or Paul Lynde being gay either. We were naive and times were simple.. )

Maybe McCarthy thought Cohn might be gay, but overlooked it because Cohn was outing gay men for McCarthy in the Lavender Scare?

Lots of this:

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And same as you with respect to the Hollywood characters. As a kid, I just thought they were silly, never giving thought to anything else.

Until this program, I'd never seen many photos of Cohn, not to mention him in action and wrecking lives while tag teaming with McCarthy. Damn evil.

This is what they all do: Pushing their own misguided agenda(s) onto humanity.