So this is a good comment - however the term 'hysteria' may not be correct, I suggest that the reaction is ultimately hysterical to the point of overreaction.

So this is a good comment - however the term 'hysteria' may not be correct, I suggest that the reaction is ultimately hysterical to the point of overreaction. I think frankly it's driven a small group of unimportant people, causing more serious forces to act out of fear or opportunity, which snowballs into overreaction. A 'fear' moves over a group of people causing weird effects. Maybe we need a term for this - but how do we have 'serious consequences' out of essentially 'inconsequential acts'? It's leveraged consistently by those that want to use 'every little interaction' as 'proof' of their particular ideology. It's just too much, it's wearing on my otherwise sympathetic view of people.