Reply #63: Proportionately there are no more kooks than there ever was.

[porphyrian]

The only difference today as opposed to any time in the past is that a) there are more people, b) thus there are more kooks, but in the same proportion as before (which is under 5% of the population, and just depends on how you define "kook"), but c) we have access to more information faster than ever before and d) a corporate media that both profits from sensationalizing violence and serves as a fear-generating propaganda machine for a fascist regime whose favored method of rule is through keeping the populace scared.

Just be alert and be careful, which you should always do. There is no more reason to be afraid of Halloween today than there ever was.