The Skeptic magazine · @TheSkeptic
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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

skeptic.org.uk/2023/08/the-bet

#moralpanics #conspiracytheories

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graphictruth · @graphictruth
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@DavidNielsen @JoBlakely @morecowbell @DemocracyMattersALot

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

latimes.com/entertainment-arts

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 #nonconformity #pamelapaul #nyt #structural_ism #conformity #moralpanics

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The Skeptic magazine · @TheSkeptic
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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

skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/the-sou

#operationundergroundrailroad #SoundOfFreedom #qanon #moralpanics #media #conspiracytheories

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Neo-Athenian Empire · @athenian_empire
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@jeffjarvis We must end this by encouraging Teens to participate in activity our parents and our parents-parents had their about.

#moralpanic #moralpanics

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graphictruth · @graphictruth
78 followers · 1815 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

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 and the Panic.

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

#fascism #groomer #moralpanics #maga

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Taina · @dianor
673 followers · 397 posts · Server strangeobject.space

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

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Joe B. Wall · @rakontisto
79 followers · 156 posts · Server mastodon.social

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

#modernart #moralpanics #toxicity

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
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Trump slaps 30% tariff on imported solar-cells axios.com/2018/01/22/trump-iss

Governor of Montana signs executive order banning state from doing business with non-neutral ISPs techdirt.com/2018/01/23/montan

South Korea, gripped by suicide epidemic, criminalizes suicide-pacts web.archive.org/web/2018012312

Today’s scares over smartphones are largely indistinguishable from yesterday’s technology-driven wired.com/story/demonized-smar
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#5yrsago #moralpanics

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Dr Bertha Chin · @bertha_c
160 followers · 173 posts · Server hcommons.social

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. 🙄

malaymail.com/news/showbiz/202

#malaysianfilm #malaysia #moralpanics #eyerollworthy

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AdreanaLangston · @AdreanaInLB
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@jeffjarvis You were talking about (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 panic was actually promulgated by a right wing PR firm paid by - wait for it - pca.st/eja7rhum#t=4m51s

#moralpanics #tiktok #meta #teenagers #socialmedia #influencers #teenagecrime

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donAlvar_en :anarchoheart3: · @DonAlvar
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Kent Bausman · @socprofb
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The media amplifies and adds legitimacy to unfounded claims, yet lest we forget the source of at the macro level is the cultural lag associated with the pace of technological, political, structural, and or demographic change.

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

#moralpanics #sociology

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NanoBookReview · @NanoBookReview
105 followers · 188 posts · Server zirk.us

is the actual factor that makes this so easily weaponized, because when you are panicked you aren't thinking: you're scared. [...] 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.

youtu.be/oAeKAJFrb0w

#panic #moralpanics

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angelsomething · @angelsomething
8 followers · 48 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

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

Thank you @drmistercody et. al.

youtu.be/oAeKAJFrb0w

#somemorenews #moralpanics #criticalthinking #media

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Taylor Brooks · @TaylorBrooks
208 followers · 64 posts · Server mastodon.world

A second 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 student in the UK studying , , , , and .

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

#introduction #phd #lgbtq #immigration #moralpanics #discourse #racism #emotions

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