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Humans are, by nature, very emotional and irrational beings. They get frightened easily and often act irrationally in times of fear. During your history there has been a number of occasions when humans have become overcome with fear that they feel threatened by something or someone so much that they do not think rationally about the situation.
For example, many humans were convinced that the Earth was flat because of their religious beliefs. They felt threatened by the fact that other people thought differently and when they realised that there were different religions on different continents it caused them to think 'there are also other peoples living in places where we cannot see who believe things which completely contradict our own views'. In times like this, fear takes over and no amount of reasoning will change their minds.
Another example is the number of people who became convinced that black magic existed and that they were being cursed by someone in their family. This caused them to lash out at whoever was around at the time – often a child or elderly member of their family.
This is just a very small example of the many times humans have been overcome by fear and acted irrationally. In modern society, it is often people who are in power that become afraid because they feel threatened by those around them. They then try to control what others do to protect themselves from being exposed as weak and vulnerable.
It is interesting to think about why humans are so easily controlled by fear. I suspect it has something to do with the way most humans are socialised, but that may just be a hypothesis on my part.
Humans are also very tribal and do not like things that threaten their view of the world. If a human is told something which goes against what they believe, it causes them to become upset.