Mass Hysteria

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• 10/23/2022
  

  The Salem Trials Challenge Us to Resist Moral Panic and Suspicion

  by Anna K. Danziger Halperin

  The Salem Witch Trials have been a perennial subject of fascination. A new exhibition challenges us to think about the potent mix of moral panic and social suspicion that drove accusations in Salem as a caution for ourselves today. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  2/25/2021
  

  QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear

  by Daniel N. Gullotta

  "The perception of a Christian nation in religious freefall fits almost seamlessly with QAnon’s conviction that the United States is under spiritual assault."