JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY

Even the President was not spared during the McCarthy era. The red scare was so pervasive, that a lunatic fringe ultra right wing organization could call the President a “communist dupe” and be taken seriously be much of the media who were themselves intimidated and might be accused of being communists at any moment. It was a very low point in America’s history.

This poster's distribution before the JFK murder, has fed numerous conspiracy theories that right wing extremists were behind the assassination.

This poster's distribution before the JFK murder, has fed numerous conspiracy theories that right wing extremists were behind the assassination.

Even the President was not spared during the McCarthy era. The red scare was so pervasive, that a lunatic fringe ultra right wing organization could call the President a “communist dupe” and be taken seriously be much of the media who were themselves intimidated and might be accused of being communists at any moment. It was a very low point in America’s history.