tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post2687341918716896398..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Haunted WoodLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61195533461958338722013-06-13T00:13:36.472-04:002013-06-13T00:13:36.472-04:00Mr. Gates: Your interpretation of what was happeni...Mr. Gates: Your interpretation of what was happening in the 1950s is a real eye-opener. Thank God for straight-thinking journalists like Edward R. Murrow. Who exposed much of the nonsense. Also, I was much taken by one of the images from your post. The one of people holding up posters proclaiming "Better Dead Than Red." Without casting aspersions, while watching our last Presidential election results, I noticed a reference to Red states and Blue states. Kind of ironic. Hope I didn't overstep. Yours truly, Toe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407149021673167001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11884972800555577032013-06-12T18:36:32.509-04:002013-06-12T18:36:32.509-04:00I've ordered The Haunted Wood, David. Thanks f...I've ordered <i>The Haunted Wood</i>, David. Thanks for the suggestion.Terence Fahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928381496296429254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-42422393533464509242013-06-12T14:13:55.114-04:002013-06-12T14:13:55.114-04:00I get more great “what to read” tips from SleuthSa...I get more <i>great</i> “what to read” tips from SleuthSayers, than from any other single source. And, this is one more example. Thanks, David.<br /><br />I saw an interesting PBS special, broadcast in 2012 I believe, that dealt with a side issue of the Red Scare, and I found parts of it quite surprising. It was particularly interesting to see some labor leaders from that time say (when interviewed for this program) that they were indeed following “suggestions” sent to them from the Soviets. One even stated words to the effect: “They claimed we were working to subvert the U.S. government, and they were right. But, they never came down on me; instead they concentrated on bigger fish.” Which, would seem to back up Eve’s idea, above.<br /><br />--DixonDixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65456520770766489982013-06-12T12:03:01.897-04:002013-06-12T12:03:01.897-04:00Or those who opposed Stalin and the Communists emb...Or those who opposed Stalin and the Communists embracing Hitler and the Nazis with all their hearts? Various members of British nobility and royalty instantly leap to mind...<br /><br />The trouble with the anti-Red movement in America was that Jammin' Joe and his ilk were after publicity. They wanted to hang famous people, in government, in the arts, etc., because that's where the money and fame were. The average real spy, unglamourously embedded in a bourgeois lifestyle, was much too difficult to discover and didn't generate nearly the headlines. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-34121392429168184402013-06-12T09:42:31.864-04:002013-06-12T09:42:31.864-04:00Wonderful piece, David. I've often thought it...Wonderful piece, David. I've often thought it passing strange that many who so rightly opposed Hitler and the Nazis should find no contradiction in embracing Stalin and the Communists. <br /><br />I am looking forward to reading "The Haunted Wood."David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.com