Here a Communist, There a Communist, Everywhere a Communist
It was after the United States victory in World War II over imperial Japan and Nazi Germany that Americans had something new to worry about. A highly publicized Soviet Union domination throughout Eastern Europe caused the political consciences of the United States to shift its attention to possible threats to national homeland security. To further procrastinate these fears, a publicity-driven Wisconsin senator created a new era in American society, labeled the Era of McCarthyism. During this time, Senator McCarthy labeled many high-profile politicians as being communists to constantly rouse the fear and compromise security in the free land known as the United States in the late 1940's and 50's.In a famous speech to the Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia in 1950, Senator McCarthy delivers a shocking and scandalous rhetorical dialogue discussing the current situation involving the United States and the Soviet Union, and "outs" many prestigious politicians as communists in the process. "'When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from
Many people might consider Joseph McCarthy as a nuisance and menace to society by instigating the emotions of America with unnecessary prophesies of a communist takeover. However, because of ingenious rhetorical techniques used by McCarthy combining logic, ethics, and emotion, the once unknown senator from Wisconsin served as a greatly needed harbinger of doom and significantly changed the mindset of America during the advent of McCarthyism. Besides evoking emotion from his audience, Senator McCarthy delivers strategically placed logic within to provide an intelligent foundation for his argument. "Another interesting case was that of Julian H. Wadleigh...who was sent to Turkey and Italy and other countries as United States representative. After the statue of limitations had run out so he could not be prosecuted for treason, he openly and brazenly not only admitted, but proclaimed that he has been a member of the Communist Party...that while working for the State Department he stole a vast number of secret documents...and furnished these documents to the Russian spy
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