Mcarthyism+tp

McCarthyism:  a mid-20th century political attitude characterized chiefly by opposition to elements held to be subversive and by the use of tactics involving personal attacks on individuals by means of widely publicized indiscriminate allegations especially on the basis of unsubstantiated charges; //broadly// **:**defamation of character or reputation through such tactics. Basically McCarthy would call persons who he knew up and call them communists, it had the same effect as if you called up someone you know and called them a terrorist.