Comments on: Alabama Republican Legislators Sign Loyalty Oath? http://blog.locustfork.net/2006/01/03/alabama-republi/ They Call It MoJo, Short for Mobile Journalism Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:25:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Static Brain http://blog.locustfork.net/2006/01/03/alabama-republi/#comment-236 Static Brain Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:04:52 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/index.php/2006/01/03/alabama-republican-legislators-sign-loyalty-oath/#comment-236 You know what else this is reminiscent of besides the third reich? The loyalty oaths of the McCarthyism witch hunts in the 1950's and 1960's. The most prominent use of loyalty oaths in the United States was during the decades of 1950 and 1960. The Red Scare during the McCarthyism period in which Congressional hearings of Senator Joseph McCarthy helped to sustain a national mood of concern about communist agents. You know what else this is reminiscent of besides the third reich?

The loyalty oaths of the McCarthyism witch hunts in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The most prominent use of loyalty oaths in the United States was during the decades of 1950 and 1960. The Red Scare during
the McCarthyism period in which Congressional hearings of Senator Joseph McCarthy helped to sustain a national mood of concern about communist agents.

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