Posted on 11/06/2005 4:48:48 PM PST by Lorianne
No matter what Kazan and McCarthy have been called, it's simply irrefutable to state that they were wrong. If you look at the entertainment industry today, you cannot escape the fact that it is riddled with the very people they feared were determined to take it over.
If anyone thinks it's healthy to have subversives run the major media outlets, I guess that's their take on it. Most U.S. citizens would find it very troubling.
At what point does sedition and anti-U.S. activity cross the line? The villification of McCarthy and Kazan is nothing more than an innoculation aginst us ever considering the matter in earnest.
"let Mr. Kazan’s denouncers apologize for the aid and comfort they gave to Stalinism"
that says it all.
Notice how they didn't say that he wrongly accused anyone of being Communist. So long as he is not wrongfully accusing anyone, Kazan is a hero and great American, and should be praised. Communists were working to undermine our democratic constitution and were treacherous. Incidentally, it would appear that Hollywood hasn't changed much, although I suppose the Communist organization is not so structured. They have all just internalized the precepts that America is always bad and her enemies are always good.
Tremendous article. Thanks for the post!
"You think your God almighty, but you're nothin but a dirty, rotten, stinkin mug!"
And still in vogue...
I was sorry to hear that Brando and Stieger were such @$$h01es.
No mention of Ann Coulter's Treason, her best work and a gift to the American People?
Kazan was involved in an important event during an important period in American history.
And, almost alone among his peers, he did the right thing.
Great post.
There's an old saying: "It takes courage to stand up to your enemies; it takes even more courage to stand up to your friends."
My problem with McCarthy was his methods. The basic result of the hearings- "Rat out all your friends or you'll never work again" was pretty nasty IMHO.
It definitely reminds me of the witch hunts of the middle ages. For example, the accused witch was guilty until proven innocent. Since "everybody knew" that there were always thirteen witches in a coven, the most horrible tortures ever devised were used until the victim "named names." When (as was almost always the case) an innocent was arrested, and was thus forced to name other innocents, the results were tragic.
I don't feel a bit sorry for Hollywood's card-carrying Reds. I do feel sorry for those who, while not communists themselves, chose their principles over their pocketbooks, refused to testify, and lost their livelihoods. They deserve our pity, and we must never let anyone be put in that position again.
One of the most interesting articles I've seen in a long time, and one I would not have found outside of FR. Thanks for posting it!
Interesting post. Thanks.
You're welcome. Thanks to Harry Stein for writing it!
Great article. Good reading.
Can you name names?
Conservative actors and screenwriters are blacklisted in Hollywood now. You can rarely be openly conservative there and expect to find work. So much for the tolerant, free thinking left in Hollywood.
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If you're referring to the Hollywood hearings, McCarthy had nothing to do with them. He was never a member of the House and never investigated Hollywood.
The brainless association of Senator McCarthy with the House Committee On Un-American Activities would be comic if it weren't for the seriousness of the consequences.
Hold on a minute right there. When were accused Communists "guilty until proven innocent"?
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