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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 370: Does "McCarthyism" mean what you think it means?
Description: The boys drink and review Local 1605, a red ale from Antietam Brewery, then discuss McCarthyism.
Since "The Crucible," we tend to associate the Salem witch trials with Joseph McCarthy and his work with the committee on anti-American activities. After doing a show on the Salem Witch trials (see episode 367), P&C wondered if it's appropriate to link witch trials to Joseph McCarthy and his anti-communist crusade.
The analogy works in some respects and not in others.
* There were false accusations in both cases.
* In both cases, to be accused was bad...