I’m happy as long as we all understand that it takes the active refusal to answer a question to get charged with contempt, not simply ignorance of a topic–which I’m pretty sure was Bricker’s point.
Just cautioning people who might look back at that and feel a quaint sense of nostalgia for less-evil times. Just cause Hitler happened doesn’t make your average Latin American meat-packing glitterati any less evil.
But couldn’t claiming ignorance be a form of “refusing” to answer?
The proper response, ParentalAdvisory, is “I don’t recall.” It works for some GOPers to get them out of any mess from a Screen Actor’s Guild inquiry to an Iran-Contra scandal. Also worked with Powell.