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I grew up in the Satanic Panic — and it’s happening again
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It's absolutely happening again (if it ever stopped). Did you notice how "Critical Race Theory" was all conservatives ever talked about, for weeks/months on end, and then they all suddenly stopped, and then they couldn't stop talking about Trans/Drag things? It's all contrived panic. It's well coordinated to drive engagement and a sense of impending doom. They require an Us vs Them mentality to survive.
The easiest way to make an ignorant person feel special is to identify an "other" for the ignorant person to look down on/blame for their problems.
Oldest trick in the oldest of books.
Yep.
When I was growing up, it had to spread at the speed of chain emails through AOL dial-up. Remember the Proctor-Gamble thing? 🙄 Now it's a 24-hour news cycle spouting constant hate and fear. :sigh: