[Fred Nerks]

There was a shocking intensity to their self-righteous fury, as if I had transgressed a moral as well as an intellectual boundary and committed blasphemy. I sometimes think to myself, ‘Boy, I’m glad I didn’t live in the 1450s’, because I would be out in the main square with a pile of wood around my ankles...

...in the twentyfirst century, you might find yourself confined to a 'climate-change' re-education camp, perhaps.

[SunkenCiv]

Intimidation first — vandalized home and autos, small loud groups of unknown people suddenly popping up shouting things while out shopping etc...