We live in one of the most politically repressive times in our nation's history. The McCarthy era was small potatoes compared to the thought-police in this dark age of political correctness. Using the wrong words has now become more heinous than murder, and punishment, both social and legal, for those utterances is pursued with more fanatical zeal. Our legal system has devolved into little more than a lottery where the ability of a lawyer to invoke tears of irrational fear from a jury is rewarded with unimaginable sums. Truth plays only a bit part in the proceedings.
Common sense plays none.
Innocent people bear the cost of this use of irrational fear in nearly everything we buy. Our culture has come to condemn those who produce as heartless. Our society excuses those who steal as entitled, and those who kill as victims. They cannot be held to account. Today in America, far more people try hard-core illegal drugs than read books for enjoyment.