“Because of his false and irresponsible charges of communism against liberals, socialists, and others among his critics, many communists and agents of communist influence sought to pass themselves off as Jeffersonian democrats or merely idealistic reformers. They would all complain they were victims of red-baiting to prevent criticism and exposure.”

Well, Joseph McCarthy was a man ahead of his time, but he did lay it on too thickly. Now the neo-Communists are in power in Washington.

BTW, whenever you see that someone specializes in “insert identity group here” + “studies”, they are trained to be professional grievancemongers. They produce no utility other than to try and get benefits for themselves at the expense of society.