If Bela “B.S.” Suhayda wants to call me a communist, I suppose that’s his prerogative. Personally, I prefer the term socialist; it’s more intellectual in meaning and is closer to what I philosophically believe. Be that as it may, I am curious about the expression “leftist communist”. Does that mean there is such a thing as a “rightist communist.” (Either one is a contradiction in terms, however.) Or, as I suspect, B.S. is merely throwing words together in order to make himself sound wise?
The late Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator representing the state of Wisconsin during the 1940s and 1950s, would have loved B.S.. Both were birds of a feather. McCarthy spent his entire political career seeking out, identifying, and denouncing so-called communists in the Federal government. He stood up in the Senate day after day arguing that the government was riddled by communists, and he assured whoever would listen to him that he would expose them for what they represented. Generally, he made up the numbers of communists (which changed daily); and he never mentioned any names, chiefly because he didn’t know anybody who allegedly was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party of America. He expected his listeners to volunteer the names of those they suspected were members.
McCarthy never stopped with cleansing the government. No, he spread his shadow across the whole country. Whether it was businessmen, professionals, the press, academics, the entertainment world, or just plain Americans, he sounded the alarm and demanded Americans to rat out their friends and neighbors. Many lost their jobs if they refused to co-operate. Many lost their friends and families. Some committed suicide. None of that bothered senator McCarthy, however; he was on a mission from “God,” and he was determined to save America from international communism.
The beginning of the end of the Senator’s shenanigans came when Edward R. Murrow, CBS News’s most trusted broadcaster, launched an impromptu editorial during one of his newscasts. He looked squarely at the TV camera and asked the senator “Sir, have you no shame?” That simple remark served to wake America up and to denounce McCarthy’s tactics.
Now comes B.S., the hate-filled Hungarian, who never met a Democrat he liked. Just like Joseph McCarthy, he spreads all manner of accusations over and over and over in order to transform lies into “truth.” In his world-vision, Republicans can do no wrong, and the man who would be king is his personal hero.
His attack on Yours Truly in his essay in the June 4 edition of The Voice clearly demonstrates his lack of understanding of historical events, preferring to take the side of “patriotic” propagandists. In all of the wars he listed, the U.S. could not keep its collective noses out of other nations’ business but instead rushed in to “save” them. From whom and for what, he displays his ignorance. He is the fool, not The Chas.
You will excuse me now, dear reader, while I rise from my middle-class easy-chair and refill my wine glass.
To be continued.