Yeah, what I meant was the second thing—I was responding to someone saying it was weird to bring up the cultural revolution; I was explaining why it was perfectly sensible to do so. I didn’t say we shouldn’t also talk about the red scare. Perhaps I misinterpreted the original comment though—maybe they were not so much saying it was weird to talk about the CR, but that it was weird to not talk about the Red Scare, in which case I agree.
Yeah, what I meant was the second thing—I was responding to someone saying it was weird to bring up the cultural revolution; I was explaining why it was perfectly sensible to do so. I didn’t say we shouldn’t also talk about the red scare. Perhaps I misinterpreted the original comment though—maybe they were not so much saying it was weird to talk about the CR, but that it was weird to not talk about the Red Scare, in which case I agree.