The Partisan Divide on Issues

[David Horn]

(05-27-2021, 09:44 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I noted that MSNBC tonight tried to bring together McCarthyism from Joe McCarthy's time in the 1950s with Kevin McCarthy today.  The idea was that both were willing to smear or lie about things for partisan political advantage.

I'm not feeling great about the connection.  This isn't saying I'm happy about what Joe McCarthy did way back when, or that one should push the Big Lie today.  They just seem to be different themes.  There is such a weak connection other than the shared name that it isn't worth making.

Would anyone take it seriously?

This sounds a lot more like a literary trick than a serious argument.  Yes, both were/are bad, but nothing more than that.  On the other hand, if my last name is McCarthy, I think I would see it coming.