h corner could be McCarthy (Feuerlicht, 139). Although McCarthy's attack on freedom was defeated the possibility of future attacks could not be ignored (Sawtelle, 2). One of McCarthy's victims was quoted saying that "to write freedom into a law is not enough. Unless freedom is practiced, it withers. It must be affirmed and reaffirmed in every generation." But in McCarthy's case it was not (Sawtelle,2). Even the consequences of his hate teachings were felt long after McCarthy's time. They were still fresh in the mind of Lieutenant William Calley when he was found guilty of Murder he was quoted saying that the Army taught him only that the enemy was Communism. "They didn't give it a race, they didn't give it a sex, they didn't give it an age," sobbing. "They never let me believe it was just a philosophy in a man's head." (Feuerlicht, 153). " But Communism was a philosophy, and like all philosophies it needs to be examined and understood. Instead of declaring a holy war against the concept of Communism, America might have defended freedom more successfully and more honorably if she had declared war on the oppression and injustice that make men Communists."...
