Moral Panics Quotes
- During McCarthyism, teachers feared for their jobs if they belonged to a left-wing group. Today teachers fear for their jobs if they hug a crying… — Carol Tavris
- As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence. — Carol Tavris
- It's true that virtually all new technologies do trigger what sociologists would call 'moral panics,' that there are a lot of people who are concerned… — Evgeny Morozov