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...syphilis drove the crusade for sex education in much the way AIDS does today. In 1940 the U.S. Public Health Service argued the urgent need for schools to get involved, and within a few years the first standardized programs rolled into classrooms. But by the 1960s came the backlash from the John Birch Society, Mothers Organized for Moral Stability and other groups. By the early '70s they had persuaded at least 20 state legislatures to either restrict or abolish sex education...
...backlash has taken a toll. In the past year, a proposed federal research initiative that would have included biological studies has been assailed, and a scheduled conference on genetics and crime has been canceled. A session on heredity and violence at February's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science turned into a politically correct critique of the research; no defenders of such studies showed up on the panel. "One is basically under attack in this field," observes one federal researcher, who like many is increasingly hesitant to talk about his work publicly...
Expansions are always tricky endeavors. Oftentimes, they look like good ideas, but there can be a nasty backlash. Take Saddam Hussein. One day, the U.S. government is secretly sending him money. So he decides to have the Iraqi army start a farm club in Kuwait, and the next thing you know American bombs are falling on Baghdad...
...changing leadership, including a new police chief, district attorney and candidates in upcoming mayoral and city council elections, will help limit any possible backlash so "isolated incidents of violence," Oh said...
Those who favor gun control can only win the battle by showing convincingly that the time has come to curb that liberty. Hysterically labeling the NRA as nuts will only cause a backlash and jeopardize sensible gun control...