The Better Way conspiracy conference went all-in on the moral panic around trans people

Of all the conspiracy theories promoted at last year's Better Way conference, trans moral panic never came up - sadly, this year they rectified that oversight

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/08/the-better-way-conspiracy-conference-went-all-in-on-the-moral-panic-around-trans-people/

#ConspiracyTheories #MoralPanics

@DavidNielsen @JoBlakely @morecowbell @DemocracyMattersALot

It's a line of thinking and investigation that make entirely Too Many gatekeeping males uncomfortable. Some females, too.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-07-07/pamela-paul-criticized-for-anti-trans-opinion-about-the-word-woman

#Conformity is the Great Leveler, ain't it?

One wonders if this is a solid, if contrarian position, or just the Editorially Encouraged right wing slant.

#progressive #progressiveauthors #books

#moralpanics #nonconformity #PamelaPaul #NYT #Structural_Ism

The Sound of Freedom: thinking of the children shouldn’t stop us thinking rationally
by Gabriel Andrade

Our modern concern for children has been exploited by activists and politicians, like the QAnon-adjacent makers of The Sound of Freedom

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/the-sound-of-freedom-thinking-of-the-children-shouldnt-stop-us-thinking-rationally/

#ConspiracyTheories #Media #MoralPanics #QAnon #SoundOfFreedom #OperationUndergroundRailroad

@jeffjarvis We must end this #MoralPanic by encouraging Teens to participate in activity our parents and our parents-parents had their #MoralPanics about.

A really in-depth video about the anatomy of moral panics, especially anti-lgbtq focused ones, but it generally applies to all; D&D, unsupervised screen time, (TV, computer & phone), music, usually by black and counterculture people, and the line they don't understand between artistic nudity and porn.

I learned things!

American #Fascism and the #Groomer Panic.

#moralpanics #MAGA

https://youtu.be/frZHD6aITcg
One for your resource lists, @beautfc .

Looks like "spy balloons" didn't provide enough moral panic fuel, bread or circuses, so now they are doing the lab leak bollocks.

The Finnish national news that these days loves to quote sources like the WSJ and various figures in the true Finn party are actually headlining this crap.

#covid #nationalism #imperialism #racism #othering #ScapeGoating #MoralPanics #media #LegacyMedia #HowToJustifyOppression #ThisTimelineSucks

There's something so fun about watching men of a certain ilk being terribly upset about modern art.

#modernart #moralpanics #toxicity

#5yrsago Trump slaps 30% tariff on imported solar-cells https://www.axios.com/2018/01/22/trump-issues-tariffs-on-imported-solar-panels-1516657913

#5yrsago Governor of Montana signs executive order banning state from doing business with non-neutral ISPs https://www.techdirt.com/2018/01/23/montana-says-it-wont-do-business-with-net-neutrality-violating-isps/

#5yrsago South Korea, gripped by suicide epidemic, criminalizes suicide-pacts https://web.archive.org/web/20180123121136/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/south-korea-to-criminalise-suicide-pacts-9887660

#5yrsago Today’s scares over smartphones are largely indistinguishable from yesterday’s technology-driven #MoralPanics https://www.wired.com/story/demonized-smartphones-are-just-our-latest-technological-scapegoat/
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It’s true! Babies in Malaysia are delivered by storks that go for purity tests every 6 months to ensure validity! It’s actually a “meh” trailer and looks like a campy film but the moral panics and vitriol deserves this dramatic response. 🙄

https://www.malaymail.com/news/showbiz/2023/01/17/trailer-for-local-supernatural-thriller-film-pulau-gets-flak-online-for-steamy-scenes-sexy-outfits-video/50663

#MalaysianFilm #Malaysia #MoralPanics #EyerollWorthy

https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1613007502114975744

#socialmedia #twitter #aridrennen #transphobia #transmisogyny #moralpanics #moralpanic #trans #transgender #transsexual #gasstoves #gasstove

@jeffjarvis You were talking about #MoralPanics (again) on epi 697 of TWIT. I thought you might be interested in the 16min The Taxonomy Of TikTok Panics from @onthemedia 's @micahloewinger . I've que'd up to the part where @taylorlorenz explains that the Deviant Licks #TikTok panic was actually promulgated by a right wing PR firm paid by - wait for it - #META https://pca.st/eja7rhum#t=4m51s #Teenagers #SocialMedia #Influencers #TeenageCrime #TikTok

Here is something TERFs could use as an inspiration #Psichiatry #MoralPanics #Hippies #ConversionTherapies https://mindhacks.com/2010/12/23/treating-the-madness-of-the-hippies/

The media amplifies and adds legitimacy to unfounded claims, yet lest we forget the source of #moralpanics at the macro level is the cultural lag associated with the pace of technological, political, structural, and or demographic change. #sociology

We'll reach new heights of moral panic - Nieman Lab https://apple.news/AOOczkEydT6y1uyr-pI04KQ

#Panic is the actual factor that makes this so easily weaponized, because when you are panicked you aren't thinking: you're scared. [...] #MoralPanics come and go, but their effects can last for decades or more. And, the first step in dealing with them is "not panic," even when there's something to panic about. [...] It's weird to say the answer is "stay calm," but that's seriously a key component to fighting this problem.

https://youtu.be/oAeKAJFrb0w

A must watch to better understand how moral panics work and how to spot them.
Once you know, you can’t unsee it.
#somemorenews #moralpanics #criticalthinking #media

Thank you @drmistercody et. al.

https://youtu.be/oAeKAJFrb0w

A second #introduction post as I have just switched to another server. I first joined Mastodon on 31 October 2022 and all I can say is: ahhh, it is so cosy here. :mastodonworld:

I am a quiet sort, but friendly. Hoping that counts. ☺️ I'm a #PhD student in the UK studying #Immigration, #MoralPanics, #Discourse, #Racism, and #Emotions.

About Me: She/Her; #LGBTQ. I try to learn a little something new everyday that has absolutely nothing to do with the PhD.