Joseph McCarthy held congressional hearings in which he often used affiliation
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Joseph McCarthy held congressional hearings in which he often used affiliation and hearsay to accuse people of being communists and a threat to the United States. What was unknown at the time was that while his methods were often distasteful and abusive--and possibly illegal--he did successfully identify some dangerous communists. Do you think he should be considered a patriot or not? Why?
