Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville had a stark warning for the approximately 100 Utah GOP delegates who crowded into a Bluffdale warehouse to hear him speak on Friday afternoon: Malevolent supernatural forces are working to undermine America.
    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      261·
      8 months ago

      40 years. The Satanic Panic was strongest in the 80s. Dungeons and Dragons, oooohhh, oh no. Motley Crue said Shout at the Devil! Daycare employees are undoubtedly sacrificing horses and making children participate.

      See: Michelle Remembers

      Anyway, ok Tommy. I can’t take you seriously because of your name. See the Friendly Atheist blog to learn how far off these jokers are from understanding anything at all. Support the Freedom From Religion foundation and the Satanic Temple.

      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        Yep, you hit the high points. The McMartin daycare thing was insane.

        And I am sorry to report that I did in fact read Michelle Remembers whenever it came out; I had finally forgotten it Thank You Very Fucking Much lol. Of all the lurid unworthy trash I have read in my life, that was likely the unworthiest.

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      8 months ago

      I thought it was the 80s, with the backmasking/D&D/Judas Priest bullshit?

      Jesus, I’m so old all the screaming/arm flapping/Chicken Little satanic panics are starting to blend.

      EDITED TO ADD: I should have read the other comments first, lol.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldΕλληνικά
      31·
      8 months ago

      For a hot sec, I was like “the mid 90s weren’t 30 years ago”.

      Death is just around the corner for me.