This piece is a good one to read on the site, instead of via email; I had to make a few wee tweaks after posting, but it should be all nice and tidy now.

…Not like our history of Satanic panic!

Whether looking a few decades behind us, or half a millennium out, human beings never cease to throw themselves into cruel, paranoid frenzies. What lessons can we learn from how little we’ve grown?

(I also recommend the 1995 Frontline doc linked in the piece. What a trip!)

https://mlclark.substack.com/p/we-have-always-lived-with-fearmongers

(🤔 Alternate tagline:

SATANIC PANIC THROUGH THE AGES
Come for the history; stay for the penis trees!)