The Hunt (2012 film) and the Hunted: How Moral Panic Turns Neighborhoods Into Firing Squads (And Why We Keep Letting It Happen)
Why false accusations stick even after they’re proven wrong—and what The Hunt reveals about America’s dangerous addiction to moral certainty over truth. There’s a guy at the grocery store in my neighborhood—Steve, maybe? I don’t actually know his name. He’s there most mornings around seven, stacking avocados, and for years we’d do that polite stranger…