The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War era.

By its very nature, propaganda distorts the truth or tells outright lies. It targets our basest impulses—fear and anger, flight or fight. While works of pure propaganda may pretend to make logical arguments, they eliminate nuance and oversimplify complicated issues to the point of caricature.

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A stunningly clear example of America's "Red Scare" years. Blatant McCarthyism, 1955

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