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Originally Posted by T-Rock
Are you categorizing those who find Islamic supremacism distasteful, as well as those who have legitimate concerns over the Global threat of Jihad, as fear mongers?
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T-Rock,
No, not in the least, I generally agree with Rep. King and share concerns about global jihad. A wise Irishman once said, " Only two types of people are really fascinating, those who know everything, and those who know nothing." Most of us, myself included fall somewhere in the middle. I know a few things, the Emancipation Proclamation was a good thing, getting my girlfriend a vacuum cleaner for Xmas is a bad idea, and if you outlaw guns only outlaws have guns.
I do not know if Sen. Joe McCarthy was right. The tactic of labeling political opponents subversives or worse was old in the days of ostracism in Athens. Case in modern point, the whimsical argument obviously anyone who criticizes Obama must be a racist. On the one hand the Soviets were certainly spying on us, and as recent events demonstrated the Russians still do. On the other hand fortunately in this country breaking the law is illegal, not differences in opinion.
IMHO conspiracy on such a grand scale requires a sustained level of competence I am not young enough to believe in. McCarthy's net impact, whatever his motivations, resulted in targeting and adversely affecting a great number of Americans who weren't subversives, and damaged the very fabric of our democracy and freedoms. I believe while we should vigorously combat both the internal and external threats of Islamists, without precision and discipline, we risk falling into witch hunts that only help our enemies, CAIR included.