His objective was no nobler than his plan was. Being a Communist should never have been a crime.
Espionage was already a crime. People who were guilty of espionage should have been tried and convicted of espionage, not Communism.
Yes, it should never be illegal to be Communist, but let me be clear. At the time I believe there were communists working in or with the federal government that were sympathetic to the Soviet cause and were willing to work (or had worked) on behalf on Soviet interests. McCarthy's tactics were one thing. The risk we faced from Soviet spying another. One should not conflate the two.
What you guys are missing is that "communism", in terms of being seditious internally, and an overall threat externally, is only a microcosm of the larger threat.
The way to look at communism is to view it as a lone department within a much larger corporation.
Communism, has always been supported by the world's central bankers. For them, it is a tool, a means to an end.
Everyone knows about Lenin and
The Sealed Train, but that was just start up money. As with everything related to politics - the game is always about money and power.
Once the central bankers succeeded in gaining control of the U.S. money supply, the next objective was total power.
They have a multitude of weapons at their disposal to finally achieve total global power. War, terrorism, economic booms and busts, ideological subversion, propaganda, indoctrination, etc... Communism is a necessary and valued tool for them.
That "communism" should or shouldn't be illegal misses the big picture. When American Patriots and true defenders of liberty (like McCarthy) began to investigate "communism" in our midst, it was the Reece Committee findings that represented the real threat to the money power behind the whole conspiracy.
Communism is just a piece of a much larger puzzle.
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