Unified Communist Eire wrote:McCarthyism is a real word here is the definition from dictionary.com:
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Yes, McCarthyism is a real word -- in the Real World, where a real Senator named McCarthy gave his name to the practice of making "reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries".
But in the NS Multiverse you run up against this:
Rules for Proposals wrote:Real World Violations
George Bush, Barack Obama, Hammas, France, The Michigan Compiled Laws (Annotated), Earth, Milky Way, and Smith & Wesson do not exist in the NationStates world. Don't bring them up in Proposals. This includes references to real world documents, movies, and books. This is really easy to grasp and is a "bright line" violation. A Proposal that is wonderfully written, but mentions "the Great Wall of China" will be deleted. Also, while it acceptable to use real world laws and UN resolutions as a starting point, don't plagiarize.
Nor does it get you off the hook to roleplay that, in your nation, Senator Josephina Ayn
McCarthy originated just such a practice. Other nations don't have to subscribe to your roleplay concept. Einstein's, Newton's, Darwin's laws/theories are not universally known by those names in NS nations. Shrodinger's cat may or may not have belonged to Schrodinger.
What you need to do is come up with some phrase that will describe the atmosphere you want to evoke without using the "McCarthyism" tag. Some possibilities: extra-judicial trial, show trial, kangaroo court*. You may feel none of these is precisely the same thing, but it will give you a legal title for the proposal and you should be able to pin the concept down in your prefatory clauses.
*Yes, we do have kangaroos in NS; if it's a real-world animal, it's here, and probably sitting sapiently in the GA next to the intelligent unicorns.EDIT: The above should not be taken as in any way a ruling that the only problem this proposal has is its title.