"Anything that falls outside the norm can be perceived as an attack on your own life plan if you have built your own life on the foundation of social norms."
Everything that does not conform to "public opinion" is being overflowed these days with public censorship or social peer pressure.
A crippling sense of fear and distrust moves the country and penetrates into families and friendships. Defense mechanisms against "forbidden thinking" intervene in the relationship worlds. The history seems to be repeated ....