The Salem witch scare had complex social roots. It drew upon preexisting rivalries and disputes within the rapidly-growing Massachusetts port town: between urban and rural residents; between wealthier commercially-oriented merchants and subsistence-oriented farmers; and between Congregationalists and other religious denominations: Anglicans, Baptists, and Quakers.
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I think in many ways the red scare too was caused by a tension between the new glorified culture "Hollywood" and the old, less taboo culture. The freedom and easiness of the Hollywood life terrified many of the leading politicians who still placed the same value on patriotism, nationalism, and conservative traditions, ideas that the Hollywood and artistic society of the 1950s scoffed at.
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salem" means peace, and the town's founders had hoped that Salem would be a village of peace. Further, they had drawn the word salem from Jerusalem,
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics | Richard Hofstadter on the "Radical Right" http://im.ly/86791 #p2
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Check the veritable wealth of 'fact checkers' at Dog-Whistle Racism--scroll down left for long link roll: http://bit.ly/89azk #p2 #hcr
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Yup. Shoq proposed the "MT," or "modified tweet." As far as 'human years' under my belt--I have MANY. 'Course, it's all relative!
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