Topic: Phobia

Owen Shroyer mocks Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz for a tweet expressing fear of unmasked travelers at an airport. Shroyer characterizes this as an "irrational fear of air" and a symptom of liberal psychology. He argues that such anxieties are being used to push people toward living in "pods" and accepting total state control.

Dr. McDonald explains how behaviors previously diagnosed as OCD or phobias are now promoted as civic virtues. He discusses his book, *United States of Fear*, which explores how fear has been used as a tool for social control. McDonald argues that if the underlying fear is not addressed, the population will remain susceptible to destructive emotional manipulation.