I was surprised: had he been accused of un-American activities?
In those years, he refused to support a permanent congressional committee investigating un-American activities.
They shave past your shoulder within two inches, cut you off and generally act as if cycling is an un-American activity.
The concept of 'un-American' activities has existed almost as long as America.
Yet there was a time when Washington was guilty of such un-American activities in spades.
In 1952 and 1953 she was called in for questioning by two of the committees dedicated to investigating "un-American activity" during the 1950s red scare.
Is it an un-American activity to have disgreements?
During the McCarthyism era he was prosecuted for "un-American activities".
He was ousted as the chair of the Un-American Activities Committee that year.
This incident has been stigmatized as an ugly un-American activity by the Kerry detractors.