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In all the Hullaballoo, we forgot about the latest round of McCarthyism.

Started by LMNO, March 11, 2011, 02:52:34 PM

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LMNO

March 11, 2011, 02:52:34 PM
Never mind, it was a non-starter.

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Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, held his long-awaited hearing on Muslim radicalization yesterday... It was a dud.

In a press conference afterward, King blamed the media for having built up "baseless" expectations of Islamophobic McCarthyism. He accused his critics of "mindless hysteria." But that isn't what happened. The press expected a broad indictment of the Muslim community because that's what King had promised. But he didn't deliver.

http://www.slate.com/id/2287994/

The Good Reverend Roger

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March 11, 2011, 03:01:35 PM
We can't do anything right.   :lulz:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jenne

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March 11, 2011, 04:35:44 PM
Well, his former IRA shinanigans came out straight away.  He probably thought he could fearmonger his way through something like this.  And he was probably very nearly right.
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