Political Discrimination Quotes
McCarthy accused thousands of people of being communists and disloyal. He claimed to have lists of communists in universities, the Army and other agencies of government, but never produced such lists. In addition to being a overbearing demagogue, he suffered (and died from) from a serious case of alcoholism. McCarthy’s false and irresponsible attacks eventually caused the Senate to censure him. That and his drinking destroyed his career. Not a single person “exposed” by McCarthy was ever convicted of anything. Many had their careers destroyed however. A number of universities fired Professors because at an earlier phase of their careers, they had been a member of an organization that was communist or affiliated with communists, and then left. These firings led to intensive efforts to strengthen the rules of tenure and academic freedom so that the McCarthy abuses could never be repeated. McCarthy could not be sued for his defamatory lies as he always made his accusations from the floor of the Senate where there is absolute protection even for malicious and irresponsible statements.
The marshal was embarrassed by his assignment to arrest this famous, elderly woman. He refused to handcuff her, gave her time to change her clothes, and took Anthony by streetcar to the courthouse trying to keep as low a profile as possible while Anthony was making speeches all the way about her unjust arrest. She was found guilty and fined $100 which she never paid.
President Obama was a true Constitutionalist who, unlike other modern presidents, truly believed that members of Congress had a right to express their views and act on them and the President should not retaliate against them for opposing him on major issues. Unfortunately, this was interpreted by most people as weakness. It also hurt his legislative initiative, as no one feared his retaliation or was intimidated when he asked for their vote.
The law required voters to have a driver’s license or other picture ID issued by the Motor Vehicles Bureau. 300,000 adults in the state did not have a license. They tended to be more frequent among the poor, the elderly, and the minorities.
Manji is a Canadian citizen who immigrated from Pakistan. The Saudis allowed some of the highly skilled Palestinian refugees to work in the kingdom as guest workers. However after years of doing so, Palestinians who had lived and worked for years in Saudi Arabia were never eligible for Saudi citizenship. In contrast, Jordan absorbed tens of thousands of refugees and gave them citizenship. Also, Israel itself allowed over 100,000 Arabs who were relatives of Arab citizens of Israel to come to Israel and become citizens.
Some had organized and led lynchings; others participated, and others stood by without speaking out.
