Have You No Shame

The challenging response

to the virulent attacks

striking a blow for justice

against the Red Scare

“Have you no shame,

no sense of decency?”,

the arrogance of power,

of stirring up fears

for personal advantage.

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October 16, 2015

Have You No Shame

exchange of Joseph Welsh and Senator Joseph McCarthy

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/welch-mccarthy.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_N._Welch

“You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency,

sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”

June 9, 1954

Blog Action Day 2015 – “Raise Your Voice”

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