Shot in her own home!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Like I said, "internet furor". Sadly, people jump on the bandwagon without looking to see if there are any brakes on the thing.

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And what's the medical term for fears that grow out of control?

Pretty sure that's 'phobia'.  But what of it?  Even if it's out of control and completely irrational, a phobia is still a real fear.

I've mentioned this before:  I'm terrified of horses.  There's no reason for it - I've never been bitten by a horse, never been kicked by a horse, never fallen off a horse (because I've never been on one).  A horse in my field of vision makes me edgy, even if it's a half mile away in a field on the other side of a fence.  If there's nothing between me and a horse, I get cold sweats and shortness of breath.  I feel about horses precisely the way an arachnophobe feels about spiders or acrophobe feels about heights.  The fact that I know it's an irrational fear, all out of proportion to the danger posed by horses, doesn't make the fear any less real.

I imagine it's the same with cops.

Boru

Irrational fears are in the brain, and a problem for the person having them. Those poor horses don't care about you.