I got voted down yesterday for linking this kind behaviour to the Salem Witch Trials... but I stand by my point: Fear of what they're ignorant about and startin

I got voted down yesterday for linking this kind behaviour to the Salem Witch Trials... but I stand by my point: Fear of what they're ignorant about and starting witch hunts to eradicate it is part of American history... you may cast it to the annals of history, but with the undertones of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism that constantly play out in the media demonstrate that it's still alive and kicking in the halls of politics. This is just another form of the same thing - fear of their own ignorance.