Let a mob of fanatics taste blood and there is no end to it until sane people stand up.
How the Salem Witch Trials Happened
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I can already see how many people would respond: “That’s silly, I don’t believe in witches.”
No, you just believe in a grave, intolerable evil that must be opposed at all costs and can broker no conversation with. You’ve changed the terms but you carry on their spirit.
When we discussed the Crucible in school the lesson started by talking about how stoking paranoia was bad. But it ended with the lesson that there was never any threat from witches, and also never any threat from communism.