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| Was Oppenheimer a Communist? |
| 2004-04-23 |
| EFL. Hat Tip the Volokh Conspiracy A UC professor says he’s solved one of the darkest mysteries in U.S. history: Was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant Berkeley scientist known as "the father of the atomic bomb," a secret member of the Communist Party? Recently uncovered documents show that Oppenheimer belonged to a hidden Communist Party cell of professionals in Berkeley, according to UC Merced history Professor Gregg Herken. Charges of Communist associations led to Oppenheimer’s downfall during the McCarthyist hysteria of the early 1950s, and he became, in the words of the Encyclopedia Britannica, "the victim of a witch hunt." In 1954, he was stripped of his security clearance and his position as a high-level U.S. government adviser. |
| Posted by:Wuzzalib |
| #1 Was he a witch or a communist? Make up your damn mind, SFGate. I don't have time for all these wild speculations. What next, "communisms ancient wiccan roots"? "Oppenheimer- Warlock or Warlord?" Phelgm at 11. "McCarthy hysteria"? McCarthy patriotism more like. Good God, man, the psyche of these delusionists! They're always a victim of the boogie man. In your dreams pal. "Do you have suudden dihiarheia every time you think of the McCarthy hysteria rising from the dead to abscond with you in the night? Try SFGate. Side effects include listlessness, more vomiting, more dihiarheia, dizziness, swelloing, itching burning reddness, hemmoroids, forgetfulness, dizziness, feeling left out, etc..." |
| Posted by: ting tang walla walla bing bang 2004-04-24 7:59:05 AM |