I'm increasingly of the opinion that it'd be very worthwhile for pretty much everyone to develop at least an overview-level understanding of both the Satanic Panic and the closely related phenomenon of false memory construction.

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@starkatt I don't know that we have that much of an understanding of either, why do you think it's that important? I can kind of guess, but I'm curious what your reasoning is.
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@Felthry I want to write up a whole thing but I'm not sure have the bandwidth, unfortunately :(

My favorite rundown is a podcast episode but I don't know if those work for you? (Transcript exists but it's casual speech so it's a little awkward to read.) CW for allegations of child sex abuse.

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@Felthry the reasons I think the Satanic Panic is important are very multifaceted, but revolve around cultural ideas of how memory works, coercion and confirmation biases, institutional credulity of police, and the patterns of moral panic in American culture

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