I would say it was far from “repressed”. It was full-tilt, raging, vicious paranoia that hurt more Americans than it ever did any Soviets. (see “McCarthy, Joseph” in Wiki)
In regard to the above comment about “Don’t they teach writing in school anymore”…. No, they don’t. Schools here don’t teach cursive writing any more. I still can’t understand that.
I would say it was far from “repressed”. It was full-tilt, raging, vicious paranoia that hurt more Americans than it ever did any Soviets. (see “McCarthy, Joseph” in Wiki)