McCarthyism in 2011

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim-American elected to Congress, broke into tears Thursday during a hearing investigating possible radicalization of Muslim-Americans.
The hearings, led by committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) have already caused quite a storm of controversy.

The Huffington Post has the whole story, including video of Ellison’s testimony memorializing Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a 23-year-old Muslim-American firefighter who died while saving others during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

I am in complete agreement with Ellison’s statement that the inquiry is “the very heart of scapegoating.”

What do you think?