Third Foundation@rayckeith@techhub.social
Satanic panic (1980s)
"It was my first, and most profound, experience with a large group of people -- my teachers and other authority figures -- being completely consumed by bullshit that I knew was fake. I would watch these breathless news stories and listen to my teachers repeating whatever nonsense they'd been fed at church or on talk radio, and know in my heart and soul that none of it was true, because I listened to the music and played the games and watched the movies, as did all of my friends, and none of us were conjuring black masses (though if we'd had the candles and robes, I'm sure we would have cosplayed it)."
https://www.tumblr.com/wilwheaton/791154173619093504/this-is-both-objectively-hilarious-and-a-reminder
