Casey,
I love reading your post. And to all of you, it does a body good to hear you speak from the heart. Remember the proposed witches of Salem. I've read a little about this time period and I cry when I would read of Mothers, sisters and daughters who were tortured and burned because of what? A neighbor didn't like them so they started the rumor they were different, suspicious, a witch? As you say they were "whipping a crowd into a frenzy" and before you know it, have them wanting blood. So sad! Some of these people were murdered because.......they were different, they didn't follow the norm, and/or they walked to a different beat of the drum. Makes you stop and think, doesn't it?

JJ