We're reaching some sort of apex of a cycle of hysteria. It reminds me of the McMartin preschool trial (Satanic ritual abuse, etc.) in LA in the 90s. This wee

We're reaching some sort of apex of a cycle of hysteria. It reminds me of the McMartin preschool trial (Satanic ritual abuse, etc.) in LA in the 90s. This week, one of our management, with choked emotion, declared that further use of the word "blacklist" would be a firing offense. (We do Linux, which uses it all over the place, so there's no way to not use this word in our work.) Anyway, I don't follow things that closely, and googled this apparently heinous term. First result? A fucking TV show, that's still on, and has been on for years! I'm too old for this shit.