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Come next Jan, assuming that Dems take the House; we need a new House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC). There was one in the 50s that ferreted out Communists. It eventually abused its power. But that doesn't mean that we don't need a new one, with a new mission to hunt out and expose public offcials and organizations (like the NRA), that have taken Russian money and favors to undermine our elections, and those who have obstructed the Mueller investigation. I'm very serious about this. What do you think?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(119,813 posts)that haven't been used just because the GOP controls Congress.
rzemanfl
(30,217 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,247 posts)Folks won't understand - This time the key difference would be - we know who they are.
Social Media has helped to document who did what and when.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)more than one, I imagine.
JustAnotherGen
(33,247 posts)I'd be happy with a Rwanda Reconciliation 'type' of community hearing. I'm serious.
I think it's that bad. We are in that bad of a place as a country.
Voltaire2
(14,596 posts)Lulzd.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)could be construed to have many different meanings.
Such as having the last name Clinton, or not having been born here.
MineralMan
(147,263 posts)Look how the last one turned out. The concept was invalid, and abuse was the order of the day. That's the nature of such committees with such names.
What is an un-American activity? The answer to that questions varies widely, depending on your political viewpoint. We have laws. We have processes. We don't drag people into Congressional committee hearings and grill them about things that aren't even illegal. That's what HUAC did.
No, thanks.
ck4829
(35,674 posts)What we need to do is shrink the 'icon' power of the federal government, they need less symbolic capital. Time for civic organizations and activists to take the lead.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)When we start deciding what's "Un-American", we're no better than Trump is.
former9thward
(33,347 posts)Posters praising HUAC and pushing for a new one. I thought I had heard everything....The 1950s are marching back. "Joe McCarthy had the right idea, it was just how he put it forward....."
vlyons
(10,252 posts)straight-forward ethics and corruption investigations will do just fine.