Indiana Senate Bill 167: Holy crap, what a mess.

[Thaluikhain]

While it may have been past it's heyday, the satanic panic has never really left conservative circles. Harry Potter and Pokemon were both considered satanic by large swathes of US Christians; Obama was literally called the anti-Christ regularly. Hell, I'd even argue we're smack dab in the middle of its second coming (ironic) with how mainstream Qanon is becoming in the GOP.

True, though I personally associate Satanic Panic with a more specific form, but now that I think of it I don't really have a good reason for that.

 

[Avnger]

True, though I personally associate Satanic Panic with a more specific form, but now that I think of it I don't really have a good reason for that.

I used to as well, but after taking a second look, there really wasn't any reason to continue doing so. While it certainly began with a giant spike in the 1980s ("coincidentally" around the time the religious right was starting to exercise its burgeoning power), it never really left society.

Demonic rituals, false confessions, ruined lives: Satanic Panic is still alive and well

The collective fears that consumed the US in the 1980s and ’90s are still alive and well — all the way through QAnon and beyond.

www.vox.com

 

[Trunkage]

Huh, thought the Satanic Panic faded away earlier than that. At my school we weren't allowed to play it in the library because our librarians were weird and though all card games were gambling, but that's it.

There was a bunch of occult symbols and demons that were particularly offensive

a) 14 or 15 is different than 13. This was a middle school they are deciding curriculum for, not a high school.
b) You shouldn't be allowed to play Magic: the Gathering at school. I say this not as a conservative, but as a Magic player. That game feasts on people's time and money, and definitely should not be encouraged at school.

Well, I'm not going to disagree with the money thing. While I have a bunch of dual lands, lion's eye and mox diamonds locked away that are worth a heap... it'd only worth it now, not back then

 

[tstorm823]

Well, I'm not going to disagree with the money thing. While I have a bunch of dual lands, lion's eye and mox diamonds locked away that are worth a heap... it'd only worth it now, not back then

The only card in my favorite deck to hit triple digits is Time Spiral, and people ask what they should do if that's out of their price range and they want to play the deck, and I do give suggestions, but I got mine for like $10 so the best solution might be time traveling.