But there's no hypocrisy. Nobody is saying McCarthy was right or endorsing his tactics.
Edit: It appears I may have misinterpreted the initial comments sarcasm as a "if McCarthy could do it then it's fair game" rather than a criticism of modern outrage mob tactics.
> Nobody is saying McCarthy was right or endorsing his tactics.
You are correct that they are in fact not saying that; the hypocrisy is in then turning around and saying that cancel culture is right and endorsing their tactics.