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Passion or Extremity?

Deep Passion leads to extremity. Such as in the case of Senator Joseph McCarthy who instilled fear into the minds of the Americans with his deep rooted beliefs in anti-Communist. Suring 1950-1954, Senator McCarthy disrupted the United States with his HUAC (House of Un-American Activity Committee) Hearings. These hearings brought government workers, college professors, playwrights and Hollywood screenwriters, actors, artists, musicians, gays, Jews and anyone with a goatee under suspicion. These actions proved in many cases to be outrageous and extreme.
During McCarthy’s early days he was just an unknown senator from Wisconsin, wanting to be in the public eye. During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator McCarthy declared he had possession of a list proving that the State Department was infested with communists. The media then immediately centered on McCarthy and his unexpected accusations. Shortly after, a Senate......

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