I joined the AFofM in New York in about 1965/66. They had two questions that demonstrated how Commie-nuts the US was at the time.

1) Are you or have you ever been a Communist?
2) Do you advocate the violent overthrow of the American government?

That sonuvabitch Joe McCarthy was just that. And the bastards that sold out their fellow performers/musicians/actors were no better. Just a simple historical reminder that totalitarianism in one of its many forms can flourish anywhere.