Witch-hunts occur more often than you think. The first documented witch hunt was in1692 at the Salem witch trials. We still have witch trials today, for instance, the banning of guns, the banning of the confederate flag, and the dentist who killed a trophy lion. Witch hunts, the term, comes from the 1692 witch trials. The witch hunts still happen today when a group of people are trying to eradicate another person’s or group’s actions or beliefs. The people that disagree are the witch hunters trying to stop the others that do not share their beliefs. In this essay, I will talk about the similarities of the Salem witch trials, the 1950’s communist agent wipe out, and the early 2000’s MLB baseball steroids scandal. In the Salem witch, trials 19 people were hung because they were accused of being witches. In the puritan society, the belief was that the only way to fix the problem was to hang witches, get them to confess, and tell on all the others who are witches. Like the 1950’s communist scare and the 2000’s baseball steroids scandal, each person who was thought to commit the crime was asked to tell on the others. Doing this not only ruined your reputation, but also damages the reputation of the people you expose. In the book. John Proctor did not confess to keep his family name clean. …show more content…
In the MLB, Jose Canseco wrote a book about doping in the MLB and exposed many players, accusing them of using steroids. When he called out these players, most were immediately tested and suspended for 50-100 games. Just like in the Crucible, the people accused were immediately punished and