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un-American

A term used, primarily by extreme conservatives, to attack principles or practices considered to be at odds with the values of most Americans. Many object to the use of the term on the grounds that it is vague, shortsighted, and intolerant.

# The House of Representatives maintained a Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) for several years. It was especially known for investigation of alleged communists.

After 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy borrowed many of the committee's tactics for his own Senate investigations.

…plagarism on my part

I’m not sure what either of you is talking about.

Um, so tell me again what the problem is here?

I suppose, that it’s easy to dismiss Christian fundamentalists in general under all sorts of pretenses. But sometimes you run across an example of one of them that had some real talent, guts, and tenacity, and “…an Old Testament sense of righteousness… .

At which time a socialist values v. conservative tactics discussion ensued.