A witch hunt is the searching out and persecution of supposed witches. It can also mean the harassment of those with unpopular beliefs. I am not sure what causes a witch hunt to occur. Some believe that people embark a witch hunt to find a scapegoat to their problems, others believe that it is just a mass hysteria that spreads like a disease. Anyone can be subject to a witch hunt. From people of a certain decent that others do not like to women who desire to have an abortion. Witch hunts have happened in the past, are currently developing, and will most likely take place in ...view middle of the document...
For the accused, it was either confess to being a witch or hang.Recently, a witch hunt developed because of the collapse of the Twin Towers. Many people blamed anyone who was of Arabic decent. Many of the accused were loyal Americans who had done nothing wrong. However, they were blamed because of how they appeared. America became once again a racist country. Americans criticized others, using them as scapegoats to help them console their grief and condemn their frustration.Witch hunts are currently taking place in our modern America. One of the main problems occurring would be abortion clinics. People who do not agree with abortions are doing terrorist acts. Many clinics as well as other places where abortions are being performed are being bombed. These bombings may make these "terrorists" feel better but are they really helping the situation? When they bomb all of these buildings they are murdering people when isn't the reason they are bombing these places to send people the message that killing is wrong?All of this makes you wonder if free will is such a good thing. Is it good that Americans use others as scapegoats to fix their issues? Witch hunts will forever occur, nobody will ever be able to make them stop completely. We can only hope but still remember that everyone is subject to a witch hunt.
