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9 senseless social panics that did lasting damage to America [View all] KamaAina Jun 2015 OP

9/11 would be #1 on my list Major Nikon Jun 2015 #1

Good point. KamaAina Jun 2015 #4

Indeed pscot Jun 2015 #9

That is the biggie. JEB Jun 2015 #14

racism should be on that list too SummerSnow Jun 2015 #2

But, unlike those listed, it's never really gone away KamaAina Jun 2015 #5

That's not a social panic, it's an endemic problem Warpy Jun 2015 #6

I have the same first 2 but reversed marym625 Jun 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #8

#5 did lasting damage? hfojvt Jun 2015 #10

and how many women settled for "abusive jerks"? hfojvt Jun 2015 #22

A lot. jeff47 Jun 2015 #24

"a lot" "pretty high" hfojvt Jun 2015 #25

And you think "the low end" is precise? jeff47 Jun 2015 #31

Funny how the herpes panic has been forgotten. malthaussen Jun 2015 #11

Old enough to remember even #1 vaguely HockeyMom Jun 2015 #12

I noticed most of them came from the right-wing. Archae Jun 2015 #13

I remember the marriage crunch one treestar Jun 2015 #16

? Skittles Jun 2015 #19

Ah, the old Dungeons & Dragons panic. I remember that Recursion Jun 2015 #17

No mention of the Y2K scare? lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #18

The computers were going to freeze! treestar Jun 2015 #20

They forgot the panic over violence in video games! LongTomH Jun 2015 #27

And over music lyrics, especially rap. KamaAina Jun 2015 #28

kick! hifiguy Jun 2015 #29

Here's one we had big time here in Minnesota hifiguy Jun 2015 #30