Sound Smart: Joseph McCarthy | History

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  • Historian Yohuru Williams talks about Senator Joseph McCarthy and his role in stoking fears of communism and its sympathizers during the 1950s.
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  • @Irene-yc8oq
    @Irene-yc8oq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    McCarthy didn’t attack an army officer at the ‘no decency’ comment, the whole thing was about Fred Fisher the kid who joined the national lawyer’s guild which was considered a communist front, do your homework before you try to “sound smart”

    • @Vexxeq_mc
      @Vexxeq_mc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ingrid C. Bro 90% of us are here for homework. If people wanna sound smart about it, let em. It's just the name of the video series.

    • @Irene-yc8oq
      @Irene-yc8oq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ice Ninja someone’s probably gonna get a c for their homework if they rely on this video riddled with mistakes.

    • @adrianaa6171
      @adrianaa6171 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vexxeq_mc exactly lol.

    • @Freemasonry
      @Freemasonry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The plan is to revise history. The list had 205 names, not 250. This was poorly done.

    • @johnhasty3411
      @johnhasty3411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoever wrote this script did not care or know about this hearing.
      I recommend the video point of order which can be found on TH-cam.
      This is a wild piece of political history… sadly the creators of this video have very little understanding of what a crazy wild ride these hearings were.

  • @Hirkala26
    @Hirkala26 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Maybe you guys should do a "Sound Smart" on the Venona Project!

    • @reagansims3202
      @reagansims3202 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which proves a small percentage of the people he accused where communists. Most were not.

  • @christianclark7896
    @christianclark7896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Can the history channel not discover the technology of a sound dial? You can't hear any of these videos unless its dead silent in the room...

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Historical Fact: *it was very interesting to find out that House of Representatives, Democratic Representative Samuel Dickstein of New York and the politician who founded the House UnAmerican Activities Committee in the first place, was being paid by the NKVD (WW2 Soviet predecessor of the infamous KGB) for classified information. Ironically, the founder of the very committee wrongly associated with McCarthy was a Soviet agent. Instead, McCarthy was a Senator and Tail Gunner (McCarthy's nickname) was the chairman of the Government Operations Committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the United States Senate*

  • @johnrobert6125
    @johnrobert6125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    205 not 250

  • @thesmith6182
    @thesmith6182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm not a McCarthy fan but don't understand why he didn't press the Hoover letter more. If Hoover claimed it was a fabricated letter should it still be regarded as top secret? I would have read it anyways.

  • @PIASOC
    @PIASOC หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Time has proven him right.

  • @omarcardoso5208
    @omarcardoso5208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    did this dude ever blink 0 - 0

  • @roxy372
    @roxy372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    anyone notice this dude doesnt blink

  • @BGNOLA
    @BGNOLA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Venona transcripts proved that McCarthy’s "fears" were legitimate.

    • @frankiel3767
      @frankiel3767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No they weren’t. Everyone knew there were at least a few Soviet sympathizers in government but McCarthy claimed they were in high positions and that they were making some actionable effort to undermine the government. Plus he accused hundreds in Hollywood and the media, who are not part of the government

    • @squid.com8927
      @squid.com8927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Either way he was a liar and a fascist who ruined the lives of people accused with real evidence

    • @BGNOLA
      @BGNOLA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@squid.com8927 the Dixiecrats who voted for his censure were the real fascists

    • @kerriekupar6466
      @kerriekupar6466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BGNOLA and Dixiecrats were Conservatives that's y they were Fascist.

    • @BGNOLA
      @BGNOLA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kerriekupar6466 so McCarthy was a fascist, but the Dixiecrats who took him down were fascist? Make up your mind.

  • @svjim1
    @svjim1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    McCarthy was close friends with the Kennedy's. Robert was at his funeral.

  • @katfrog1
    @katfrog1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @sctpack
    @sctpack 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hola Ralph Lorenz

  • @5150Rockstar
    @5150Rockstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    McCarthy was the OG snowflake.

    • @Ceazele
      @Ceazele 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Yourname Here probably not a thing we should be celebrating

    • @catmarsolan
      @catmarsolan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet, look at the communist countries here in 2021. Also, look at the communist people already here in the U.S.A. trying to make this country a communists country maybe he was right in doing this?

    • @aeiou_alt2
      @aeiou_alt2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catmarsolan No he wasn’t. He used his little conspiracies to not only undermine the us government and lash out on personal vendettas but also to put innocent civilians under the bus because of the fear he installed in society. Gtfo with your authoritarian rhetoric

    • @kejiri3593
      @kejiri3593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      McCarthy was a hero defending America against Socialism and Communism

    • @kejiri3593
      @kejiri3593 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aeiou_alt2 If he wasnt right? Why you so defensive about it?

  • @aradiasmith3851
    @aradiasmith3851 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This did not help me at all

    • @CEDtalks85
      @CEDtalks85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's basically lying on people "are communists (American Citizens serving as spies for Hitler). It could be true they were communists. It could be lies, but the mere accusation of saying "Lily is a communist" would be enough to kill your career and harm your personal relationships, and if possible make people want to kill you as they would see you as the enemy. If you are aware of the Salem Witch Trials, this is the political version of that. Got it?

  • @ahavekost49
    @ahavekost49 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    He was right and now there's thousands more in our government.

    • @JonyTony2018
      @JonyTony2018 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aye

    • @LeighMet
      @LeighMet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you are an idiot

    • @jamesshride3158
      @jamesshride3158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The man with one eye is often stoned to death in the land of the blind.... @@LeighMet

    • @LeighMet
      @LeighMet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamesshride3158 No he's king is the saying

    • @Ok_Boomer_
      @Ok_Boomer_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesshride3158how are they gonna find him, like id just hide. Its not like they have bat ecolocation

  • @thomaspaine3395
    @thomaspaine3395 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Kristen Gilbrand (cough cough)

    • @faithmarier206
      @faithmarier206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thomas Paine Still right to this day

    • @sokota6861
      @sokota6861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      >Kamala Harris >communist HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @Irene-yc8oq
      @Irene-yc8oq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait how did you predict the democratic candidates for president in 2020 “3 years ago”? I’m impressed

    • @catmarsolan
      @catmarsolan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Irene-yc8oq time travel? Or maybe psychic abilities? Or the most plausible answer, they just had a very good guess? 👍

    • @joshdouglas1332
      @joshdouglas1332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Eugene Kendrick bahahaha... When you libtards keep pushing the political spectrum further left, soon Marx will be right wing.. Moron

  • @vornadopro6502
    @vornadopro6502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ...and he was 99.9% right.

  • @fatmanyrhaw9423
    @fatmanyrhaw9423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    cancel culture

  • @aLaCartArt
    @aLaCartArt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He didn't die; he & everyone in his team were persecuted, suicided, & died mysteriously early within 8 yrs of his first speech, the Communists Party was founded in NYC, in 1842. They aren't just an ideology; they are an active organization that has grown 30% in every state, except ND. The Military has always had more than their fair share of Communists in their higher ranks.

  • @moolieporchers7629
    @moolieporchers7629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    mccarthy was 100% right.

    • @kerriekupar6466
      @kerriekupar6466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      And you guys complain about cancel culture.....

    • @regretfilledexsistance6330
      @regretfilledexsistance6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No, he was not.

    • @JA-oo9qp
      @JA-oo9qp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Marcus Cornelius two months later, I’m sure they’re formulating a detailed and well researched response

    • @kejiri3593
      @kejiri3593 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kerriekupar6466 Not the same. Communists and Socialists are manipulative, its in their blood. Its how KKK and racism in modern day exists as a profitable business. Inorder to stop that you had to stop that form of manipulation culture. So yeah the culture of authoritarians is bad and is good that McCarthy stopped it from taking over America

    • @jtooley6554
      @jtooley6554 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was nuts

  • @Civsuccess2
    @Civsuccess2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Sounds like current Democratic party.

    • @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr
      @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Flipson456 uhh no they don't. A few facebook ads was more powerful than 90% of the media?

    • @bonniesmith4071
      @bonniesmith4071 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr um it was way more than a few facebook ads it was an entire business called Cambridge Antelitical who spent their days spreading misinformation and propaganda on fb. There has been several people that worked there who have came forward and confirmed this you can watch the special about it on Netflix.
      Do you really think more people watch the news than spend time on Facebook? Not too mention the girl by the name reality winner who did 4 years in prison for exposing that Russia was trying to hack our actual voting software?

    • @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr
      @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bonniesmith4071 I'm just going based on what was in the Mueller report. The ads on facebook is what he talked about.

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Flipson456 Yeah, the investigations proved that was all just a great big lie.

  • @lanceruchiha7913
    @lanceruchiha7913 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ha, now we got thousands more Joseph McCarthy's in the form of the democratic party.

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir ปีที่แล้ว

      Except they're pro-Marxist.

  • @JROutdoors
    @JROutdoors 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sounds like the Trump administration.

    • @CEDtalks85
      @CEDtalks85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's actually the reverse of that. Labeling someone a "Trumper" because of a disagreement would be McCarthyism. There's no true merit to it. And even if that person voted for him, labeling that person as a Trumper would insist that they are the same as the Jan 6 attackers when they might have voted for him based on a political basis, but not his ethical rhetoric.

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir ปีที่แล้ว

      Only more effective at stopping the communists.

  • @pfcwar5150
    @pfcwar5150 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sound smart with revisionist history
    Commie talking points 101