Innohugo mercy has a book out called not born yesterday. He argues that most self helped groups do not turn into cults. Most religions don't turn into cults where members all commit suicide. And that mostmost people don't go that far, he says.
Political Correctness has formed the basis for a new intolerant mindset, actively policing speech that is deemed offensive or controversial. Rather than confront bad ideas through discussion, it has now become common to intimidate one’s detractors into silence. Taking on board legitimate concerns about how speech can be harmful, Andrew Doyle argues that the alternative — an authoritarian world in which our freedoms are surrendered to those in power — has far worse consequences.