Witch Hunt History

A witch hunt is a campaign directed against a person or group holding unorthodox or unpopular views or a search for and persecution of a supposed “witch”. Throughout history the idea of “witches” has changed dramatically from the 1600s when the events in Salem, Massachusetts where people were accusing women and child of using spells to bewitch people, bring chaos to a town, and associated with the devil (satan). Today people associate “the witch hunt” with a trail or hunt without physical proof or a valid reason to pursue this cause. Hysteria is an exaggerated and/or an uncontrollable emotion and/or excitement, especially among a group of people. This is one factor that allows people the perfect opportunity to create chaos and use scapegoats

As the cases connected more people the more likely to start the witch hunt and “link” the crimes with people, and that they did. Through the members occupation they were able to have a bigger effect on the people because they were hard to find, wouldn't come out the shadow and a everyday (normal) person because nothing stuck out. Using inspiration is the easiest way to inspire and convince many people by “embraced Marxist French journalist Régis Debray's concept of "urban propaganda," (Suellentrop). When using this idea can appeal to normal person, this intrieded a lot of people especially people with an influential job like an actor, actress, social worker,government worker,

This is the result of not taking the necessary steps to avoid or in the goal to make the event obsolete. There are many factors to consider when trying to deal with a confer Avoid identifies as: to keep away from; keep clear of; shun. As humans when there is a new, intense situations, new discoveries that make us take the offensive most times and loss rationality and use loose reason, and evidence that is not true to get the point across or the use of force when its not needed (in ay cases this worsens the situation). Because history have repeated itself with the Witch Trials, the Red Scare, and now the Sara Olson Trail. THere have been organizations and lessons on how to approach a situation, for example thinking rationally, do not use force like fighting, kidnapping, murder, etc., find good evidence and keep feeling like religion out of the equation, and always seek justice. “A strategy … in the past U.S. counterterrorism … dramatically ramped up its intelligence capabilities,” (Monaco). By creating organizations with the goal of taking care of these types of situations allow us to take the stance and to not panic (as much) while feeling safe. The disappearances that the Symbionese Liberation Army is responsible for and the events and the overall result of the Witch Trails are similar by having a huge effect on