In our world a formerly innocent remark, a badly remembered joke, or affinity with out-of-favor politics can bring down on you a torrent of public shaming. I don't have the details handy but a couple of years ago one of the founders of Netscape was hounded into early retirement for the crime of having contributed to a pro-life group.
Since today's political correctness is called being woke, then I dub the fear of sudden ridicule, shaming, and shunning for the expression of an opinion Woke Terror.
And, by the way, this was a classic Nazi and Stalinist tactic to maintain public obedience to the higher order.
