TheOnion: FBI Arrests Millions Of Americans Who Didn’t See ‘Sound Of Freedom’ Under Suspicion Of Child Trafficking https://www.theonion.com/fbi-arrests-millions-of-americans-who-didn-t-see-sound-1850708101 #classifiedinformationintheunitedstates #federalbureauofinvestigation #terrorismintheunitedstates #entertainmentculture #christopherwray #moralpanic #trumpism #lawcrime #qanon

"In the moment, we dismissed it as sort of frat boy humor. In hindsight, it’s super creepy and felt groomer-ish,” the former employee explained."

No one should be surprised by this. In the same way closeted politicians are almost always anti gay, closeted perverts are loud moralizers.

#StevenCrowder #closetcase #moralpanic
https://www.advocate.com/news/steven-crowder-groomer-allegations

OPINION: "However absurd and cruel the British and US anti-trans bullies are, the global political momentum is in the other direction."

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/lisa-power-stonewall-anti-trans-moral-panic-homophobia-1980s/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsie_social

#trans #moralpanic

Stuart Hall, "Policing The Crisis", 1978.

#MoralPanic

Great letter from UCLA iSchool
faculty about the Montana State Library Commission's "homophobic witch hunt." https://ucla.app.box.com/s/tjt2wz0e59uf73ybr5dwmvpwpl6wskhm

Great example of what
@alalibrary should be saying instead of extolling it's own virtues and failing to say a single word in support of its president.

#ALA #homophobia #MoralPanic

"Rage-Farming in the Name of California's Kids"
https://rant.li/thenonameleague/rage-farming-in-the-name-of-californias-kids

This week Right-wing rage-farmers were making big hay out of the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety rejecting SB 14, a Senate bill to raise human trafficking to a "serious felony" that would add it to the Three Strikes Law.

Despite originally passing unanimously in the Senate with a bipartisan vote, the narrative is that "the Left" voted it down because, of course, "they are protecting child traffickers & pedophiles".

It seems that Assembly-members may actually have considered the advice of organizations and experts in the field who pointed out that the bill wouldn't likely help but would instead hinder efforts to reduce child trafficking.

Analysis of SB 14 for the Public Safety Assembly:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB14#

More funds would be sent to prison system instead of poverty reduction, education, and programs that would actually help kids & their families become less of a target and reduce the economic draw of human trafficking.
Experts and those actually working to fight trafficking point out that, like similar laws in other states', it can often hurt many of the victims of trafficking themselves.

Today the bill was passed in an emergency vote and goes on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after the summer break.

While this may not actually aid in the fight against human trafficking of any kind and may rather hurt communities more than help,
at least now moral-panickers are closer to getting their law and disingenuously target their perceived political enemies.
In these polarized times, that is apparently what matters more than stopping these abhorrent crimes or helping its victims.

#california #prison #trafficking #farRight #moralPanic #threeStrikes

article also on Medium: https://medium.com/@c.s.balthazar/rage-farming-in-the-name-of-californias-kids-7c70aaa26302?source=friends_link&sk=cec625189d508f178221e2287101f46b

"Rage-Farming in the Name of California's Kids"
https://rant.li/thenonameleague/rage-farming-in-the-name-of-californias-kids

Right-wing rage-farmers were making big hay out of the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety rejecting SB 14, a Senate bill to raise human trafficking to a "serious felony" that would add it to the Three Strikes Law.

Despite originally passing unanimously in the Senate with a bipartisan vote, the narrative is that "the Left" voted it down because, of course, "they are protecting child traffickers & pedophiles".

It seems that Assembly-members may actually have considered the advice of organizations and experts in the field who pointed out that the bill wouldn't likely help but would instead hinder efforts to reduce child trafficking.

Analysis of SB 14 for the Public Safety Assembly:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB14#

More funds would be sent to prison system instead of poverty reduction, education, and programs that would actually help kids & their families become less of a target and reduce the economic draw of human trafficking.
Experts and those actually working to fight trafficking point out that, like similar laws in other states', it can often hurt many of the victims of trafficking themselves.

Today the bill was passed in an emergency vote and goes on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after the summer break.

While this may not actually aid in the fight against human trafficking of any kind and may rather hurt communities more than help,
at least now moral-panickers are closer to getting their law and disingenuously target their perceived political enemies.
In these polarized times, that is apparently what matters more than stopping these abhorrent crimes or helping its victims.

#california #prison #trafficking #farRight #moralPanic #threeStrikes

article also on Medium: https://medium.com/@c.s.balthazar/rage-farming-in-the-name-of-californias-kids-7c70aaa26302?source=friends_link&sk=cec625189d508f178221e2287101f46b
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#Conservatives creating a #MoralPanic based on false allegations about children allegedly identifying as animals: I wonder is this how #werewolf beliefs got started, back in the day?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/13/school-in-cat-pupil-controversy-given-ofsted-all-clear-after-snap-inspection

Moral panics and the bigoted subversion of biology: https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/24/moral-panics-and-the-bigoted-subversion-of-biology/ #biology #gender #science #MoralPanic

Flesh eating horse tranquilliser #vapes are the new crack, apparently. With the best will in the world, #moralpanic
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/vapes-more-harmful-smoking-children-30324348

Join me tonight for #Cults and The #SatanicPanic
Satans and Thetans
9pm pacific
https://twitch.tv/echoplexmedia

#scientology #scientologytheaftermath #xenu #vhs #80s #moralpanic #SATANIC #firebynite #Cult #lronhubbard

#podecho #PodernFamily #Radio #InternetRadio #Streamcaster #leftisbest

@ammm Der Erfolg von #Manga scheint den #MDR zu motivieren, ein bisschen #MoralPanic zu schüren. Alles irgendwie schon mal dagewesen.

Locating Legacies Episode 5: 'Queer Class Politics' with Sita Balani
"Gracie Mae Bradley speaks to Sita Balani. They explore the legacies of queer liberation struggles on contemporary class politics, and the ways in which queer radicalism has expanded notions of liberatory politics in the everyday. They also discuss the radical potential of the trade union movement, and unpack the material roots of an ongoing transphobic moral panic."

#TransLiberation #Union #QueerPolitics #QueerLiberation #radicalism #MoralPanic #activism #Podcast

https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/queer-class-politics-sita-balani/#

Locating Legacies Episode 5: 'Queer Class Politics' with Sita Balani
"Gracie Mae Bradley speaks to Sita Balani. They explore the legacies of queer liberation struggles on contemporary class politics, and the ways in which queer radicalism has expanded notions of liberatory politics in the everyday. They also discuss the radical potential of the trade union movement, and unpack the material roots of an ongoing transphobic moral panic."

#TransLiberation #Union #QueerPolitics #QueerLiberation #radicalism #MoralPanic #activism

https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/queer-class-politics-sita-balani/#

As far as I am concerned the #GOP is the #DogWhistle #eugenics party now. #MoralPanic #WhiteFlight

"The research project...underscores the political danger of romanticizing the past. Aspiring despots can and do prey upon declinist nostalgia, and the citizenry appears ready to squander precious resources on it."

‘Moral breakdown is a fake problem’ – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/06/moral-breakdown-is-a-fake-problem/

#socialpsychology #BehaviouralPsychology #HumanNature #PsychologyResearch #ResearchStudies #MoralPanic

"The research project...underscores the political danger of romanticizing the past. Aspiring despots can and do prey upon declinist nostalgia, and the citizenry appears ready to squander precious resources on it."

‘Moral breakdown is a fake problem’ – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/06/moral-breakdown-is-a-fake-problem/

#socialpsychology #BehaviouralPsychology #HumanNature #PsychologyResearch #ResearchStudies #MoralPanic

Moral Panic by Answers In Reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDzHf-dPJ8
#moralpanic #morality #legion, #ethics #moral #moralstory #tvreview #philosophy #philosophyintv

for #AiR #answersinreason #sciphi #atheism #atheist #tiktok #comics #ethicsandmorality #moralphilosophy #answer #answers #language #book #reading #theist #theism #answersinmedia

Join me tonight for #Cults and The #SatanicPanic
9pm pacific
https://twitch.tv/echoplexmedia

#scientology #scientologytheaftermath #vhs #80s #moralpanic #SATANIC #firebynite #Cult

#podecho #PodernFamily #Radio #InternetRadio #Streamcaster #leftisbest

King James Bible banned in school library after parent complains about sexuality in its passages.

#censorship #bible #gop #bookbans #irony #moralpanic

https://open.substack.com/pub/signorile/p/weekend-thread-whats-happening-d3e