A majority of the victims of McCarthyism were somehow associated with Communism; they either were Communists, former Communists, or worked with Communists. Between the late 1940’s and 1950’s, thousands of Americans were accused of supporting communism. Because of their political views, many organizations, such as the FBI, the HUAC, and the SISS, would try to weave out the American Communists. They would be scrutinized through investigations and questioning by these agencies. Those targeted included government employees, union activists and educators—the accused were often given credence of Communism despite the lack of evidence.
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin publicly accused numerous officials from communist countries that they had intentions to take over America. Ultimately, McCarthy’s accusations were false, yet he was able to create a powerful communist ‘witch hunt’ across America during the 1950s, making unjustified claims and endless investigations. Although none of McCarthy’s accusations were true, the political tension was enhanced greatly. An obsessive search for communist spies, soon became know as McCarthyism, was growing. Trying to find a communist spy was extremely difficult in the Hollywood career; anyone who identified as communist sympathizers lost their jobs and reputations were ruined.
The charges were essentially trumped up, but Socrates was a controversial figure in the city. Also, his behavior at the trial did not make the jury very happy. The jury first voted on his guilt or innocence, and that vote was pretty close, but the majority voted that he was guilty. Then, he was given an opportunity to suggest a punishment, and his speech at that point apparently angered many of the jurors. Many of those who had initially voted for his innocence now voted for capital punishment.His suggestions for punishment included: being awarded a pension from the government for performing a public service and paying a very small fine.
This seems to be a direct result of our strange tendency to classify people, objects, and even ourselves. Sullivan also accurately explains how a victim’s hatred can more easily become destructive, because being victimized builds up aggression. This is most commonly noticeable with children, when those who were bullied often become bullies
We can liken this to the domino effect when you break smaller laws you’ll eventually break bigger ones. Of course violent crimes are very bad but even the minor ones are deadly and threatening at the same time. An example of this would be not stopping at stop signs. It’s so simple yet so many don’t do it all. They ignore the big red
The term ‘serial killer’ strikes fear deep into the hearts of most. However it is often thought that fear is what drives some curiosities, thus finding it appropriate to understand why serial killers commit horrific acts of violence repetitively. It has been found that many serial killers encompass similar emotional development issues. They also tend to be above-average intelligence wise, and in some ways it is as if killing acts as a drug for some of these men. Many theories of crime and deviance correlate to the actions of serial killers.
Although we know there was opposition against Hitler and the Nazi regime it is hard to assess who and how many people took a negative approach to him. Fear of the Gestapo (the secret police) was vast and always present as people were regularly being arrested for crimes of speaking out against Hitler and the Government and sent to the early concentration camps which were later became the ‘death camps’. After the war people were all too keen to announce their distrust and negative feelings towards Hitler as they were ashamed of what he had done, however during his regime many people did not openly oppose him. This makes it hard to know how many people really opposed Hitler. There were different types of opposition towards the Nazi
They pushed the blame onto the victim and created a problem for someone else. Both scenarios had the officer proved guilty but the damage was already done and the victims had to deal with the officers responsibility. This was a bad decision for the officers because it meant that someone else was blamed for their crime but also they ended up responsible for it anyways. The Power Of One is a very realistic book. It had scenes that are relatable to events that continue to happen very often around the world.
Including but not limited to those of religious, race, and sexual orientation. The greatest portion of the remainder were hate crimes based on ethnicity or nationality. When a hate crime is committed, it sends a message to the targeted individual and community as a whole, so that they are aware they are unwelcomed, fearful, unaccepted. The damage done to the heart of the community, will affect the community brutally. Once a message is sent, hate crime is committed, and it has not only hurt the target but the community as well, the message is considered
Some of the tactics they employ include starvation, beatings, rape, and gang rape. Also, the traffickers are not the only ones to perpetrate violence. Reading ahead, I noticed we will be learning about Power and Social Justice and this subject fits in perfectly because there is no answer to why people hurt one another. Our previous assignments focused on issues in society such as the one in Enrique’s Journey and Loaves and Fishes and George Orwell’s 1984. Most humans have fear in speaking against something that is unjust and a violation of our dignity because it gives power to the higher authority to control.