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F. Scott Fitzgerald was critical of the federal government's reactions to the May Day riots of 1919 and its subsequent Red Scare activities. He believed that the government's response was an overreaction, and that it violated the civil liberties of many Americans. Fitzgerald believed that the government's actions were driven by a fear of communism and radicalism, and that this fear was being used to justify the suppression of free speech and other civil liberties.
Fitzgerald believed that most Americans did little to question the government's responses because they were afraid of being seen as unpatriotic or sympathetic to communism. He believed that the government had effectively used propaganda to convince Americans that communism was a threat to their way of life, and that this had created a climate of fear and suspicion. As a result, many Americans were willing to support the government's actions, even if they violated the civil liberties of others.