> Spare me the talk of "hysteria" when he spent the entire election fear-mongering the rubes. To my mind, incoherent response to a real threat can be "hysteria

> Spare me the talk of "hysteria" when he spent the entire election fear-mongering the rubes. To my mind, incoherent response to a real threat can be "hysteria" - it doesn't imply (as "paranoia" does) that the threat itself isn't real. I would be interested to know if others interpret it differently.