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I grew up in the Satanic Panic — and it’s happening again(www.salon.com)

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negativenull@negativenull.com
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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.

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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.

  1. Manufacture a scapegoat
  2. Charismatic speaker blames the scapegoat
  3. Get power/money

Oldest trick in the oldest of books.

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