I’d argue it never truly ended and was the birth of the modern “culture war”.
Honestly if you look at the 90s through 2000s people were claiming the same stuff about pokemon and Harry Potter.
Comment on Hail power!
protist@retrofed.com 5 hours agoThe satanic panic was real in the 80s
arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
protist@retrofed.com 2 hours ago
All of it ties back to Jerry Falwell. The institutions he created continue to do damage to this day
ickplant@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
There were plenty of people claiming that the Wicked movie was witchcraft. Things have not changed.
Speculater@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I remember sneaking away and lying where I was going so I could secretly play Dungeons and Dragons.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
“No, mom, I’m going to a party! With drugs! And alcohol! I swear!”
“You can’t fool me, sonny! I know you don’t get invited to parties. You’re going to play Dragons and Dungeons with that group of nerds you call your friends, aren’t you!”
“…yes, mom…”
“Now go to your room and think about what you’ve done. Pray to the Lord for mercy, and don’t come out again until God sends a sign that he has forgiven you!”