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= McCarthyism in art = Many artworks across different art-forms were used to denounce and criticize McCarthyism and the witch hunt that took place during the cold war. One famous exemples of art used in that way is The Peacelike Mongoose, a fable by James Thurber written in 1956 in the book Further Fables of Our Time.

The peacelike Mongoose
This fable is about a mongoose who lives in Cobra country where it is "the duty of every mongoose to kill cobras or be killed by cobras". But this particular mongoose didn't want to kill or fight any cobras, as he was "peacelike" (very peaceful). Soon, other mongooses start suspecting him of being "pro-cobra" and "anti-mongoose", and even his family describes him as "crazy" and "sick". Fake rumors quickly spread and the mongoose was convicted to had venom like the cobras and condemned to banishment. The moral of the story is the following : "Ashes to ashes, and clay to clay, if the enemy doesn't get you your own folks may". The message that this fable is trying to convey is that the threat doesn't always come from the enemy, sometimes the real threat is your ally, like with the witch hunt against communists. The peacelike Mongoose emphasize on the absurdity of the hysteria and the paranoia of communists.