A Historical Comparison of the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthyism Era

Throughout history , it has been shown that, history has a tendency to repeat itself. In 1692, men and women were accused of witchcraft whether they were guilty or not. The place that this was occurring was, Salem, Massachusetts, a city full of puritans who came from Europe. Witchcraft was the among the worst crime any individual could do. This often times led to people being hung or exiled from the church. Many people were hung, even though they were innocent. Many years later during the WWII era, there was a lot of speculation about communists and their impact in America This era was known as the McCarthyism era, because, Sen. McCarthy was the leading America into a anti -communist state. In one case in particular was of a U.S AIr Force Lieutenant, Milo Radulovich, who was released from the Air Force due to the fact that his father, read a newspaper which was from Serbia, because he has a Serbian background, the Air Force believed his was pro-communism, since the newspaper favored communism. The Air Force also believed Milo was pro-communism because, his sister peacefully protested outside of a hotel which didn’t allow a communist member to stay at . Milo was born and raised in Michigan, he also dedicatedly served his country, he had no form of favor in communism. but was automatically placed under the notion that he supported communism and was fighting for them because his dad read a newspaper from a different country and his sister protested for equal rights. Neither Milo or his family did anything bad. Assumption thinking leads to stereotypes.
In 1692 a portion of the Puritan community experienced a tragedy in their community that they thought would never happen Since they worshipped God and God was the most praised person...

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... Pearl Harbour. The acts were done by a group of Muslim Extremist. This term “ Muslim Extremist” was interpreted wrongfully by Americans. A large amount of people believe every muslim is an extremist, and that at any moment any muslim could attack. That is not true, just because your muslim does not mean your a terrorist.
History does repeat itself, but not in every situation, when it comes down, to accusing people it has. People find it easy to blame the problems that arise, on other people. The McCarthy Era, people blamed communist, The Witch Trials Era, people blamed the innocent people on being witches, and In the current day situation, people blaming muslims on being terrorist. People like to rely on assumption thinking mainly because its easy to blame someone for something rather than, base it on facts.

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