Sounds familiar?

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How we endured the McCarthy purges in US www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48218827

Is this where we're headed?

'Are you, or have you ever been, a Mumsnetter?'

Are you, or have you ever been, an Adult Human Female?

What I was referring to was the secret blacklisting, public shaming, prejudiced trials and the complicity of government organisations in private vendettas.

But of course This Never Happens.