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Talk:Gallery of American Heroes (view source)
Revision as of 18:58, August 15, 2011
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::Media interpretation or not, it IS true that McCarthy pursued suspected Communists in the government and his (unfounded and unsupported) accusations against members of the senate that they were Communists as well as his abusive behavior towards people that he interacted with led to his censure by Congress. He frequently and deliberately created a fear of Communism that included accusing political opponents of being Communists as well as exaggerating the threat Communism posed. I'm aware of the Veona files and I'm also remembering there were questions about the interpretation of what the Veona files actually contained; not everyone in the files was a Communist agent or even a Communist sympathizer. Additionally, I seem to recall the Veona files as being criticized for being largely incomplete and painting an unclear picture of the people in the files. McCarthy did this country no favors by creating and stoking paranoia at a time when the world was already on hair-trigger. --[[User:HarabecW|HarabecW]] 00:12, 18 May 2011 (EDT)
::Media interpretation or not, it IS true that McCarthy pursued suspected Communists in the government and his (unfounded and unsupported) accusations against members of the senate that they were Communists as well as his abusive behavior towards people that he interacted with led to his censure by Congress. He frequently and deliberately created a fear of Communism that included accusing political opponents of being Communists as well as exaggerating the threat Communism posed. I'm aware of the Veona files and I'm also remembering there were questions about the interpretation of what the Veona files actually contained; not everyone in the files was a Communist agent or even a Communist sympathizer. Additionally, I seem to recall the Veona files as being criticized for being largely incomplete and painting an unclear picture of the people in the files. McCarthy did this country no favors by creating and stoking paranoia at a time when the world was already on hair-trigger. --[[User:HarabecW|HarabecW]] 00:12, 18 May 2011 (EDT)
== Larry McDonald ==
I don't really understand why he is here, besides conspiracy theories. His big claim to fame as a politician was his fondness for conspiracy theories (the Rockefeller's quest for world government). His big claim to fame as a "hero" is another conspiracy theory - his supposed incarceration in the Soviet Union.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, I think the "water landing" theory should be put to rest. Sure he was killed by the Soviets, but not in any sort of heroic way - he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. There are lots of soldiers who died putting themselves in harms way overseas who deserve to be here a lot more than Larry Mcdonald
--[[User:PeterNant|PeterNant]] 14:58, 15 August 2011 (EDT)