02-04-2016, 05:31 AM
bystander,
sounds like another instance of hysteria and misinformation running amok, driven by the spread of irrational fear, anger, and paranoia. Among those with views on the more extreme end of the political spectrum it seems to occur regularly, particularly among hardcore libertarians and the like. We saw some hints of that starting to emerge here and there earlier in this thread with the typical slippery slope argument, a sprinkling of references to communism, and a stab at invoking xenophobic fear.
sounds like another instance of hysteria and misinformation running amok, driven by the spread of irrational fear, anger, and paranoia. Among those with views on the more extreme end of the political spectrum it seems to occur regularly, particularly among hardcore libertarians and the like. We saw some hints of that starting to emerge here and there earlier in this thread with the typical slippery slope argument, a sprinkling of references to communism, and a stab at invoking xenophobic fear.