Let's take a look here at how mass hysteria begins and what it can turn into. It usually starts out with a group of people obsessing about something, and many people thinking it is nothing; but before you know it, they gain more and more followers. What does this result in? An epidemic of hysteria that usually brings along hatred.
I want to look into the Westboro Baptist church. They remind me a lot of the Nazi party. The Nazi party started out small; seeming like a bunch of crazies that had extreme view points that really wouldn't amount to anything. All it took was one man to bring them to power, and ended up slaughtering millions of innocent people. Right now the Westboro Baptist church seems like a group of crazies, but isn't this how it all starts? People say there is no way these people can amount to anything, but where their is followers and people with extremist views, their is extreme motivation as well.
The Westboro Baptist church is known for their extreme hatred towards Jews and especially homosexuals; their website is www.godhatesfags.com If you ask me that says enough. This group has been known for the protests at military funerals, and even stomping on the American Flag. Now do I think this group is going to become the next Nazi party? Absolutely not. With how tolerable this nation is in this day and age there is no way they will be slaughtering in the masses; but I do believe if this organization birthed about 50 years ago, they might have had potential to do some serious devastation. Please feel free to respond on what you think about this group and if you think they have potential to rise to power in this day and age or if they could've in the past.
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