The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread
The New Jersey drone scare is a perfect case study in how panics seize on oddities and unfounded speculation in order to spread fear
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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #395: Teddy Bears.
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#teddybears #softtoy #history #moralpanics #idiots #strangebuttrue #facts #wtf #comics #webcomics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The wealthy, conservative American Christian groups pushing anti-abortion protests in the UK
"Woman arrested for praying" is the latest in a string of legal cases used by US conservative Christian organisations to fight against progress in the UK
The Satanic Panic and the McMartin pre-school trial
In 1983, lurid and extreme tales of abuse emerged from a pre-school in California; the allegations were false, as was the rest of the Satanic Panic
https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/07/the-satanic-panic-and-the-mcmartin-pre-school-trial/
The Skeptic · The Satanic Panic and the McMartin pre-school trial - The SkepticIn 1983, extreme tales of abuse emerged from a pre-school in California; the allegations were false, as was the rest of the Satanic Panic
Decades on, we still haven’t fully learned the right lessons from the Satanic Panic
Drawing on her work as journalist at the time, Rosie Waterhouse's "Satanic Panic - A Modern Myth" details the creation of the notorious moral panic
The Skeptic · Decades on, we still haven't fully learned the right lessons from the Satanic Panic - The SkepticDrawing on her journalism from the time, Rosie Waterhouse's "Satanic Panic - A Modern Myth" details the creation of the notorious moral panic
#Armed and #afraid: The high #price of #fear with a gun in your hand.
#Farright #Politicians and #media #habitually stoke #fear and #manufacture #moralpanics as a #political #strategy to #amp up their #base.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://dailymontanan.com/2024/05/13/armed-and-afraid-the-high-price-of-fear/
Daily Montanan · Armed and afraid: The high price of fear • Daily MontananSvante Myrick, the former mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., and columnist writes that it's time to stop with the fear mongering and come to the reality that guns do not make America more safe.
What are moral panics and how do they affect society? Gain a better understanding of this phenomenon by reading @SociologyMag's article: #MoralPanics #Sociology https://sociologymag.com/academic-sociology/subject-areas/sociology-of-crime-deviance/what-are-moral-panics/
The Better Way conspiracy conference went all-in on the moral panic around trans people
Of all the conspiracy theories promoted at last year's Better Way conference, trans moral panic never came up - sadly, this year they rectified that oversight
Replied in thread
@DavidNielsen @JoBlakely @morecowbell @DemocracyMattersALot
It's a line of thinking and investigation that make entirely Too Many gatekeeping males uncomfortable. Some females, too.
#Conformity is the Great Leveler, ain't it?
Los Angeles Times · Pamela Paul called out for anti-trans op-ed
The Sound of Freedom: thinking of the children shouldn’t stop us thinking rationally
by Gabriel Andrade
Our modern concern for children has been exploited by activists and politicians, like the QAnon-adjacent makers of The Sound of Freedom
Replied to Jeff Jarvis
@jeffjarvis We must end this #MoralPanic by encouraging Teens to participate in activity our parents and our parents-parents had their #MoralPanics about.
Oh, FFS. Orgasms cause dopamine. So do apples, bananas, oranges, and watermelon. Ban them all! Then can we ban the adrenaline raised by Jonathan Haidt's #MoralPanics?
Fareed Zakaria: TikTok is dangerously addictive. We should regulate it now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/14/tiktok-teens-mental-health-regulation/
The Washington PostTikTok is dangerously addictive. We should regulate it now.
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A must watch to better understand how moral panics work and how to spot them.
Once you know, you can’t unsee it.
#somemorenews #moralpanics #criticalthinking #media
Thank you @drmistercody et. al.
Brady's Flung Tablet
If you want to see how anti-abortionism horseshoes with homophobia and other sexual moral panics, you can't do any better than this gem from 1964, "Perversion For Profit", that was bankrolled by none other than Charlie Keating, who went to prison for cheating oldsters out of their money with junk bonds. The "Reefer Madness" of sexual repression. #moralpanics #hypocrites #humanRights