Quote Originally Posted by marct View Post
Agreed, the mechanism is very similar. I keep getting reminded of the dynamics of the Witchcraft trials in Europe . Anyway, there is a truly excellent book by Gustav Henningsen, The Witches Advocate, that really looks at this dynamic, although his focus is the Basque Trials of 1609-1614. Well worth reading for anyone interested in how thought control has been institutionalized.
And in an interesting aside, we have this BBC story about a later period "witchcraft" trial that may be coming back to haunt some people.