On the Fact that Court Historians Have Been Quick to Underscore the Excesses of McCarthy While Simultaneously Ignoring the Far More Odious Treatment (I Point Specifically Here to the Persecution of Decent People Like John T. Flynn, Albert J. Nock, Oswald Garrison Villard, and Even the Actress, Lillian Gish) of Anti-War Advocates Both During and After WW2

As much as I hate to be a reductionist, I really think that it all boils down to the fact that the left's darling, FDR, wasn't just the commander in chief but the slanderer in chief as well......and as we're all aware, partisans love their sacred cows.