Remember the Satanic Ritual Abuse panic in the 80s? It too was promulgated by psychiatrists and journalists looking to gain some quick status while armed with questionable methods and a complete lack of evidence. Their rallying cry was "Believe The Children". Even when their arguments made no sense or were physically impossible, Believe The Children. Even when they had to be coerced or manipulated into giving the correct answers for the witch hunt, Believe The Children.
This game was never about solving the problem of Satanic child abuse, otherwise they would have quickly lost because they would have realized that Satanic child abuse wasn't real. This game was a virtue game. They weave a story about how their striving is motivated by the solving of some immediate moral dilemma. The people making the allegations were high-status figures who spoke at conferences and wrote for newspapers and authored academic papers and were interviewed by Oprah. Everyone knew child abuse was the most urgent moral crisis facing America, and that all those poor suffering children had, for so long, been ignored. Who could be against Believing The Children? Who could be against fighting abuse?
Need to score some quick social capital? Just Believe The Children.
This game was never about solving the problem of Satanic child abuse, otherwise they would have quickly lost because they would have realized that Satanic child abuse wasn't real.
Eh, yes it was and is.
That said, a lot of the "victims" of it in the '80s were just attention seekers, just like a lot of the "trans" kids now. If you give someone an avenue to foster sympathy and support, a lot of people are going to take it.
But there are absolutely Satanic pedophile cults out there. Those half-million kids that the government "lost" didn't all magically find themselves in loving homes. And the lucky ones are merely being prostituted.
Remember the Satanic Ritual Abuse panic in the 80s? It too was promulgated by psychiatrists and journalists looking to gain some quick status while armed with questionable methods and a complete lack of evidence. Their rallying cry was "Believe The Children". Even when their arguments made no sense or were physically impossible, Believe The Children. Even when they had to be coerced or manipulated into giving the correct answers for the witch hunt, Believe The Children.
This game was never about solving the problem of Satanic child abuse, otherwise they would have quickly lost because they would have realized that Satanic child abuse wasn't real. This game was a virtue game. They weave a story about how their striving is motivated by the solving of some immediate moral dilemma. The people making the allegations were high-status figures who spoke at conferences and wrote for newspapers and authored academic papers and were interviewed by Oprah. Everyone knew child abuse was the most urgent moral crisis facing America, and that all those poor suffering children had, for so long, been ignored. Who could be against Believing The Children? Who could be against fighting abuse?
Need to score some quick social capital? Just Believe The Children.
Eh, yes it was and is.
That said, a lot of the "victims" of it in the '80s were just attention seekers, just like a lot of the "trans" kids now. If you give someone an avenue to foster sympathy and support, a lot of people are going to take it.
But there are absolutely Satanic pedophile cults out there. Those half-million kids that the government "lost" didn't all magically find themselves in loving homes. And the lucky ones are merely being prostituted.