Word: fear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fear of arrest that results in virtual blacklisting is widespread," Lee says, adding, "You're forced to withdraw from the university; you can't get a job, even marriage becomes difficult...
Wood says she encountered a similar fear among the teachers at her school. "I'd ask them about politics and they would hedge and change the subject." Lee says this watchfulness stems from the KCIA informers among fellow teachers and students...
...paid a partial price for his apostasy: sneers, vilification, few invitations to literary parties. Those who attacked him assumed an attitude of moral superiority. In an atmosphere of growing intellectual conformity, rational debate became irrelevant. During a discussion among antiwar protesters, for example, one participant expressed fear that the Communists might take over Viet Nam if the U.S. withdrew. Jason Epstein, who helped launch the New York Review of Books, scornfully responded: "So you like to see little babies napalmed." End of discussion...
Piven said the committee was encountering difficulty in gathering signatures because of fear of reprisals. Junior professors fear losing their jobs and senior professors worry about being denied salary increases and sabbaticals, she said
...idea of an anti-porn march met opposition from various sources. Many people who call themselves politically progressive refused to support WAP because they fear the organization's stand against pornography is tantamount to censorship. A host of civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, which recently showed pornographic films at a fundraiser in San Diego, lambasted WAP for its apparent opposition to First Amendment rights for publishers and dealers in the business. And feminists of both sexes, believing that the movement's energy could be better spend elsewhere, chose not to get involved in the issue...