#mccarthy hearings

[anakinsafterlife]

Yeah, this has always bothered me a lot, and I saw it so much with JKR, with younger people in fandom spitting claims that she is derivative (who isn't), or terrible at her craft. In fact, she wasn't. Neil Gaiman isn't. They're both wonderful writers, artistically speaking, and both went to places other writers often didn't. You cannot simply replace either one with something new out of a sense of outrage, and I was dreading the beginning of the blacklisting with Gaiman, the claims that he's terrible so why would you want to read or watch his work, etc.

Yes, you don't have to continue to financially support these people, but that is what used bookstores are for. That's what pirating is for. You can in fact continue to enjoy the stories you love whilst admitting that their creators may not have Lily-white hearts.

So tired of the McCarthy Hearings cos-playing on tumblr every few years.

[citizenscreen]

“Have you no sense of decency?”

Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army, asked that question of Sen. Joseph McCarthy marking the end of McCarthy’s power during the anticommunist hysteria of the Red Scare in America. #OnThisDay

[thenewdemocratus]

Arpa Keun: McCarthyism in America

. Source:The New Democrat  McCarthyism in America deserves at least one long blog and probably several of them. But to give you a summary of McCarthyism. It was about one U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Joe McCarthy who was anti-communist to the point that he didn’t believe democracy or liberal democracy could survive in the United States with any link to it. Especially inside the United States…

[appropriatelystupid]

what would you do if they never found us out? what would you do if we never made a sound?

[pomeraniandancer]

Every time someone mentions McCarthy I'm always like "Wait, which McCarthy are we talking about?" And saying "the one who was in Congress" doesn't narrow it down, because all the ones I'm thinking of *were in Congress*. "Stupid Republican" or "that lying bastard" doesn't narrow it down much either. It's like, yeah, okay, that knocks one possibility down, but there are still at least two possibilities left, y'know?

Now that he's gone, it's clear that what was wrong with Kevin McCarthy was that he didn't believe pretty much anything he said.

Now that he's here, it's clear that what is wrong with Mike Johnson is that he *does* believe pretty much everything he says.

[xdevilrushx]

Progress.

[mourntomidnight]

I’m begging the Anton Chigurh girlies to watch Fargo produced by the Coen brothers has a great cast great representation of women poc and just indigenous ppl in general but most of all a lot of the shows hit men are literally fifty shades of Anton Chigurh.

Like we have:

Fruitloop Anton

Native Anton

And Non-binary Anton who has the most precious most wholesome ending with the pro tags of season 5 like fuck what the fuck

[foreverknightalways]

Flashback: Chicago, Illinois, 1954:

Nicholas declares, Accusations totally without merit. The committee member says, Are you implying that the other members of the faculty were lying, Mr. Girard? Perhaps the committee should have their names. Nicholas answers, No, I never said anything about lying. All I'm saying is that there has clearly been a misinterpretation of the facts. The committee member says, Then, Mr. Girard, just answer the question.

[minecrussy]

‘It’s against company policy to discount baby food for any reason’ suck my shit hard from the back you cop ass cunt

[writingwhilecaffeinated]

So I just saw live-action The Little Mermaid, and I actually loved it???!!!

First off, truly, Halle Bailey as Ariel and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula were PERFECTION!! And Daveed Diggs as Sebastian had all the best lines, he stole the show.

I like the bits they added and rounded to talk about Mermaid powers and specifically what a siren song means to them and how it works. I thought that was a nice touch.

I also thought they did succeed in rounding out Eric’s character a little bit, it was a nice touch that gave him more character. It helps that Jonah Hauer-King is very expressive, and I couldn’t help but root for the love story. They had nice chemistry, it was super sweet and built on similar interests.

The songs were still amazing. While not like the animated feature in terms of being bombastic, I think for the tone they were going for it was lovely. Yes, I’m pretty easy to please. But I think they made just enough subtle changes and additions that this live action adaptation worked a lot better than the others.

And if I’m being honest, I want some peeps to write some fanfic for this Little Mermaid universe! There’s a lot to explore! And I’m being selfish…

[whitestnoise]

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[slutdge]

God i cant stop thinking abt my dilfy high school english teacher whomst i would hang out with to talk abt books and movies on my lunch period bc i had no friends and after i very dramatically explained to him one time that i was upset i couldnt see the melvins live that upcoming weekend he sarcastically told me i should join the school's shakespeare society *dreamy sigh*

[thebreakfastgenie]

50s homophobia looked like trying to force the words "pixie" and "fairy" into your cross-examination at every opportunity because Roy Cohn was on the opposing counsel.

[tyin-cherry-knots]

"mccarthy luvs me" bracelet w lesbian flag colored beads because i'm sexy and passed apush

[slayerchick303]

Brandy's Cinderella is the best Cinderella film. You can not change my mind. The music. The costumes. The casting. All are perfection!

I am so ridiculously excited for the live-action Little Mermaid. I can't wait to have the time and money to see it. I just know Halle is going to be amazing as Ariel.

True, I was pulling for Ginger Minj to get the role of Ursula, but I think Melissa McCarthy is great, so I'm optimistic about her taking the role.

BRANDY as Cinderella | Rodger’s And Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997) HALLE BAILEY as Ariel | The Little Mermaid (2023)

[awesomehistoryloverblog]

Senator Joe McCarthy and The Red Scare

Read the latest LOST IN HISTORY post.

Senator Joe McCarthy at a press conference in 1952 Senator Joe McCarthy was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1947 as a Wisconsin Republican. During his tenure, the bombastic McCarthy played upon America’s fears of “communist traitors” everywhere to gain unheard of political power. He abused his oversight authority by accusing thousands of government staff members and ordinary citizens of secretly…