The Mormons, fleeing from harassment in Midwestern states, reached Utah in 1847, built Salt Lake City, and began a vigorous colonization of all parts of the Rocky Mountain West.
That, however, does little to describe the air of rage, violence and entitlement that hangs over streets now empty as a ghost town: empty of the Palestinians who fled curfews and harassment by settlers and the army that protects them; empty, too, of Israelis who fear to venture out and those who have been killed -- some 20 soldiers and settlers, according to the settlers, since November alone.
For example, Voat popped up a couple of years ago, offering a haven for those fleeing Reddit bans and anti-harassment policies, making much of the same promises that Gab does today.
Human rights advocates say Libya has resorted to harassment, arrest and arbitrary deportation even for those fleeing war.
With reports of harassment and panic, and of a mass exodus of immigrants fleeing the state, the potential for civil rights abuses is acutely obvious.
(Advertisers, meanwhile, are fleeing Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show in light of the sexual-harassment allegations against him).
A general objection to our interpretation of deceptive mating behavior could be that leading the audience away from a preferred mating partner to deceive the rival may increase the risk of losing the preferred female, as poeciliid females tend to flee from male sexual harassment.
But their families insist that they fled to escape the relentless harassment by Indian soldiers.
One of the country's most prominent NGO leaders, Wan Yanhai, has just fled to America to escape police harassment.
