# Lavender Scare 2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics and Social Issues\ **Created:** [August 21, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/lavender-scare-2-0/10425 "2023-08-21T01:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/lavender-scare-2-0/10425/1 "2023-08-21T01:05:49Z")
Heard this on NPR today. Not sure if it’s multiple episodes or not. > **[The Lavender Scare : Throughline](https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1192980071/the-lavender-scare)** > > One day in late April 1958, a young economist named Madeleine Tress was approached by two men in suits at her office at the U.S. Department of Commerce. They took her to a private room, turned on a tape recorder, and demanded she respond to... It reminded of conspiracy theories today. The people today who are looking for someone to blame don’t have it as easy as the good old days. Back then, blaming commies or gays was all rolled into one, and they had government support. Now, you get fined for discrimination. There are laws that make you serve everybody. So, they go after some vague “woke” crowd. They go after uniformed privileged housewives. After people who eat food they believe is healthy. Or, better still, believe who believe science. ---
**Author:** ![write4u](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/write4u/32/23410_2.png) [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/lavender-scare-2-0/10425/2 "2023-08-21T01:38:46Z")
> [@lausten](#): > > Now, you get fined for discrimination. There are laws that make you serve everybody. So, they go after some vague “woke” crowd. They go after uniformed privileged housewives. After people who eat food they believe is healthy. Or, better still, believe who believe science. “Free Choice” is a functional preference, without discrimination. OTOH, functional discrimination prohibts “Free Choice”.