03-03-2022, 10:16 PM
It’s not McCarthyism. I should know, I was once a high school author on the subject.
Joe McCarthy tied artists to communism whether or not it was true. And also, he was a politician and the Met isn’t.
He crossed several 1st Amendment barriers by abusing populist support. The Met can’t do that even if they wanted to.
Is the effect the same, i.e. her career is shot, at least I’m here? Probably. She’s welcome to like Putin all she wants. And employers remain free to hire her. Or not.
Joe McCarthy tied artists to communism whether or not it was true. And also, he was a politician and the Met isn’t.
He crossed several 1st Amendment barriers by abusing populist support. The Met can’t do that even if they wanted to.
Is the effect the same, i.e. her career is shot, at least I’m here? Probably. She’s welcome to like Putin all she wants. And employers remain free to hire her. Or not.