I naively thought that Watergate was the cause of the nation's distrust of government and politicians!
I was too young to remember the hearings but do remember vague negative references to McCarthy with a kind of whispered undercurrent of "You don't want to say that too loudly".

Many years later, my mother and I went to see "The Way We Were" - Streisand/ Redford. I was bored to tears. She, in a hushed voice after the movie, said "Don't you understand what the blacklist was?" She shocked me. Dad was from "The only good communist is a dead communist" school. Mom apparently hadn't agreed.

Sandy, Don, Deckman, et al: once again you have created a classic Mudcat thread. No post can be too long. No stray thoughts or remembrances will be too much. I have read every word and intend to read it all again.
Thanks,
Mary