General Discussion

Don't forget that Joe McCarthy hauled into Congress artists, writers, actors, etc. to threaten them with blacklisting and potentially imprisonment for not "cooperating" with his committee and Roy Cohn. Even President Eisenhower was careful not to get McCarthy mad at him.

Results: No work for those whose names appeared in Red Channels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Channels

These victims were branded as "Communists" for dissenting against American Fascism in the Thirties. (The American Communist Party published its approval of the dissent, making the McCarthy victims seem tied to communism.)

It COULD happen again. What if your employer were advised that you hate Trump and MAGA? And if you weren't fired, there could be a boycott against your store or business?