Assertion: damage | /r/AtLocation | widespread political trials
Facets:
value: to occur in both directions
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In widespread political trials ("witch hunting") in democratic countries, such as in the famous House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1940s, damage was said to occur in both directions, i.e., not only the lives, families and professional activities of a number of individuals were wrecked by the public exposure, but also the political institutions of individual rights and freedom in the United States were also similarly damaged by the Committee's activities.