Cause And Effect Of Mass Hysteria

Mass Hysteria is when a large group of people express same behaviour or beliefs when a tragedy happens that can put them risk. Fine example of that is 9/11. The day that will be remembered as one of the most horrible day ever experienced in the United States. The events of this day certainly affect every American, and likely affect every person in the world in some way. The comfort blanket that people live under in the United States was striped away by the act to terrorism. Not only the Americans’ lives but the conditions of American Muslims had been worsened after 9/11. Because of fear, people are capable of doing violent things. This is due to perceptions that Arabs and Muslims are likely perpetrators of terrorism. Interestingly, this perception
Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Centre at New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington D.C, and the fourth plane crashed in the field in Pennsylvania. The attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, often referred as 9/11 attacks. 2,996 people were killed 600 were wounded. This made many people paranoid and violent which led to mass hysteria. Furthermore, it resulted in widespread stereotyping of Muslims. Because the attackers were hypothesized to be related to a group of extremists Muslims, unimpeachable American Muslims faced a lot of discrimination just because they share a common religion with culprits. Many innocent Muslims lost their jobs, were brutally wounded and even
Americans went through extensive destruction in loss of lives and properties. The immense fear of being unsafe in their own land and of being more protective towards their country became a strong base for Anti-Muslim activities. But, that does not mean a little suspicion has to lead to death or cruelty. In addition, there were a lot of conspiracies stating Osama Bin Laden was not guilty but just because he had committed many crimes prior to 9/11, he was hypothesised to be cuprit. “The reason why 9/11 is not mentioned on Osama Bin Laden’s Most Wanted page is because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11.” affirmed by the FBI’S Chief when asked about why not listing 9/11 as for one of the crime he is wanted for(Griffin). In Addition, an FBI study looking at terrorism committed on U.S. soil between 1980 and 2005 found that 94 percent of the terror attacks were committed by