Dissent vs. Disloyalty
Louisville native Bob Edwards warned last night [in a speech at Centre College] that the United States is in a period like the McCarthy era of the 1950s, in which the government is stifling political dissent while the news media and the public fail to speak out in vigorous opposition.
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He quoted Edward R. Murrow's famous TV response to Sen. Joseph McCarthy's communist witch hunt: "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty," and "we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
["Newsman says dissent stifled: Bob Edwards says Current Period like McCarthy Era", from the Lexington [KY] Herald-Leader.]