I'm not sure how you see shame as the real harm from this, because it goes significantly deeper than that. I do think we may be talking past each other on some

I'm not sure how you see shame as the real harm from this, because it goes significantly deeper than that. I do think we may be talking past each other on some things, though, and may not disagree on certain points. Generally speaking, the disputes are concerning what type and at what age children should be taught things and what input parents should have. Regarding moral panics, those are at the root of most political activism. I don't find this surprising in any way. Finally, regarding the 'armed militias', I assume that relates to the 'sniper' story, unless there was some other story I wasn't aware of (which is possible)? I'll just mention that the story appears to be dubious in terms of whether there were any actual 'snipers', and the original allegation was that they were there to protect the drag queen story hour, not to shoot them: https://dorisvsutherland.com/2019/12/09/did-snipers-really-guard-drag-queen-story-hour-probably-not/ https://dorisvsutherland.com/2019/12/09/did-snipers-really-g... I think I also heard of a possibly different event that was similar, with a supposed Antifa militia protecting a similar event from protesters.