Sunday, May 17, 2020

Relationship between McCarthyism, Saudi Arabias War on...

Hello, I am Jesse and I’ll be discussing the relationship amongst four topics which bear striking resemblance to one another. The first topic is McCarthyism which centers on the Red scare in the 1950’s. Second is Saudi Arabia’s War on Witchcraft which is what the name implies an inter-regional hunt for anything witchlike. Third is the Moral Panic that occurred mostly in Christian nations at the time. Fourth and final is The Salem Witch Trials which was in-link to moral panic due to both centering on absurd hysteria amongst a populace. Though many at the time and even now viewed these acts as just which may be so since views differ from the individual and so forth. I wish to object to that view point since what one group desires may be†¦show more content†¦The media also reported â€Å"In May, two Asian maids were sentenced to 1,000 lashings and 10 years in prison after their bosses claimed that they had suffered from their magic.†. These acts are vial and un-civilized for any nation modern or not to behave and shouldn’t be tolerated in our modern society. Next is what is known as, â€Å"The Moral Panic†. A moral panic may be a term that is used more or less in today’s age (I keep little track of the news) but it held great influence in the mid 1800’s to the 1900’s within the Christian world leading to immense acts of violence in Russian Empire known as a â€Å"Pogrom†. The Russian Pogrom instilled mass hysteria against non-Slavic ethnicities such as the Jews which have been viewed as un-holy by Europeans for hundreds of years and resulted in many massacres of innocent men, women and children whose only crime was being born, the pogroms are reportedly un-assigned by the Tsar at the time. Next is the infamous â€Å"Great Purge† in the Soviet Union (An Atheist state but majorly Christian in faith). The Great Purge resulted in supervision of the people and many executions and arre st for anyone who was, â€Å"Not for the

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