>> ^pavel_one:
Is there a reason why HUAC is a tag for this clip? For those who don't know the difference, I implore you to learn the facts prior to passing judgment on a good man.


Because people are too stupid to know the difference between the House and the Senate?

I know, I know, it was a rhetorical question, but I'm afraid your point might have been too subtle for the Olbermann/Maddow fluffbrains here on Videosift.

Is there a reason why HUAC is a tag for this clip? For those who don't know the difference, I implore you to learn the facts prior to passing judgment on a good man.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Welch, Fred Fisher, communism, Lawyers Guild' to 'Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Welch, Fred Fisher, communism, Lawyers Guild, red scare, HUAC' - edited by calvados

Tags for this video have been changed from '1947, McCarthyism, Cold War, Red Scare, Hollywood, HUAC' to '1947, McCarthyism, Cold War, Red Scare, Hollywood, HUAC, blacklist, hollywood ten' - edited by kronosposeidon

>> ^schmawy:
There was by the end of WWII, in the Manhattan project in particular that I know about.

I'll take your word for it, but I don't think that had anything to do with the Hollywood blacklist and the shenanigans that McCarthy was pulling.

They were attacking liberals and leftists, branding them as commies.

Can people's minds be changed with film?

Of course.

Should those people have been treated like criminals?

No, because what they did wasn't criminal. All they did was speak and think in ways that opposed the powers that be.