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:This article needs editing / rewriting. Is there some safe way to unlock it for some trusted editors? I stopped reading after a while because the grammar and usage errors are almost overpowering. [[User:PaulBurnett|PaulBurnett]] 23:13, 27 May 2010 (EDT)
:This article needs editing / rewriting. Is there some safe way to unlock it for some trusted editors? I stopped reading after a while because the grammar and usage errors are almost overpowering. [[User:PaulBurnett|PaulBurnett]] 23:13, 27 May 2010 (EDT)
::Knock yourself out, Paul! :D --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big><sub>/Admin</sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 00:09, 28 May 2010 (EDT)
::Knock yourself out, Paul! :D --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big><sub>/Admin</sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 00:09, 28 May 2010 (EDT)
==Need for clarification==
The article still needs clarification. I'd like to know what "McCarthyism" is, and in what way the term is valid or misleading.
Was there an invalid attempt (or ploy or campaign) to associate [[Joseph McCarthy]] was actual (or imputed) abuses of Congress's power of investigation? If so, which parts were valid and which parts were invalid?
It's my understanding, that '''in some cases at least''', actors or other prominent people in the creative arts, were "raked over the coals" unless they agreed to "name names". To what extent is this true? And if true at all, to what extent was McCarthy involved?
On the other hand, were there any ground for McCarthy to be suspicious of enemy infiltration into the federal government, particularly by Communist [[spy|spies]]? If so, please list a representative group of spies who were unmasked.
Let's present McCarthy as a noble crusader, if indeed that is what he was. But if he did anything wrong, let's not engage in a whitewash.
* Let's give him as much respect as [[Martin Luther King]], who ushered in an era of equal rights for the races, despite his personal failings (adultery?) and the turn to the left he took in his last couple of years. ([[Sun Myung Moon]] admired him, which should count for something)
I really want our articles on McCarthy to be cleaned up and made a shining example of conservative thought which is also accurate, balanced, fair, and of high encyclopedic quality. Let's tell the truth, and also make the reader aware of any lingering POVs that we think aren't true. We can do better than Wikipedia! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:57, 15 September 2010 (EDT)