Rightwingnuts trying to control the low-info population

isn't new. Joe McCarthy held witch trials (totally unconstitutional) in the 40's, and we have a movie about it, called 'Trumbo', the true story of a Hollywood writer who was blacklisted and destroyed for his 'liberal' beliefs and labeled a Communist.
McCarthy, a  hero according to some(R), and a dangerous idiot according to the real world,(non-sheep). Starring Bryan Cranston, it's highly rated, interspersed with a lot of 'reel/real' footage of the time.
Just found out, as always, 'follow the money'. McCarthy was hired by Big Money to break an actor's strike, as Lucille Ball, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas and others tried to enlighten the rightwingnuts, who lined up under the label of 'patriots', much like the Tea Party. John Wayne, a 'fake soldier'/actor, much like Ronnie Reagan, was able to sway the uninformed, while the real veterans were ignored.
Bottom line, the good guy (Trumbo) finally won, writing stuff like 'Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo' 'Roman Holiday', 'The Brave One' , 'Exodus' and  'Spartacus'  under assumed names, but only after many lives/careers were ruined, in the name of 'patriotism'. Great photo of Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy and J Edgar Hoover, the true 'Axis of Evil', but rightwingnut heroes.
Looking back, history shows McCarthy was an asshole, BUT, he was the kind of asshole that the jerks(R) love to follow, like GWBush. I gave up a long time ago, thinking that they will ever learn.... Look at the idiots(R) who love Donald Trump, as he fuels the fears and anger of the uneducated (according to him, his favorites), un and underemployed, Red State 'Conservative Base'.
OMG!, haven't we seen this before?

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