We're shaping a society that's cynical and distrustful, and it starts with reasonable people associating behavior like this with phrases like "they should have

We're shaping a society that's cynical and distrustful, and it starts with reasonable people associating behavior like this with phrases like "they should have known better". The problem is that the cynicism and distrustfulness is directed toward the wrong things. There should be more cynicism toward the busybodies and the wolf-criers. We need more innocent until proven guilty, which means not hassling people just to find something, anything to support a case against them.