Mccarthyism

[Sommer]

To be a strong supporter of anti-communism, named after [senator Joseph McCarthy]. Often persecuting without proof and using tactics similar to the [soviet] [KGB]
Has nothing to do with Paul McCart(N)ey

[Monty]

A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.