A campaign of The Satanic Temple dedicated to ending the ongoing Satanic Panic in the mental health field
Mar 29, 2021 • 30 tweets • 6 min read
For those hearing the term "Satanic Panic" for the first time to describe the outrage now targeting @LilNasX, here's a primer on the long history of anti-Satanist hysteria and the incalculable harm it has inflicted. 1/
The first thing to know about what's happening now and more broadly is that it's not new. The tactic of slandering those who don't fit the mold by accusing them of human sacrifice, blood drinking, and crimes against children, goes back centuries. 2/
Sep 11, 2020 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
There can be little doubt that we are enduring a resurgence of anti-Satanist hysteria identical to the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s.
How did we get here? Let's take a look. #SatanicPanic
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The Satanic Panic was a period beginning in the 1980s during which a widespread fear took hold that a massive cult (or network of cults) with members in every neighborhood across America was abducting and abusing thousands of children in Satanic rituals.
