tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post8276392809106307939..comments2024-03-25T18:01:05.147-05:00Comments on A Shroud of Thoughts: The Satanic Panic of the EightiesTerence Towles Canotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-11388947002534027352011-08-25T10:49:28.224-05:002011-08-25T10:49:28.224-05:00Great piece buddy. I myself was a victim of the pa...Great piece buddy. I myself was a victim of the panic when that Muncy guy came by my church in NC & scared the devil out of us. I burned a really great album collection (for a 13 year old at the time). I think a little piece of some people never quite makes it all the way out of the "fear hole". Kids who otherwise left alone would have been better off not "knowing" Satan was in their shampoo, games, music & neighbors. It warped at least my sense of humor a little bit. (Invisible note to self, don't forget to thank Satan for his part in this subliminally encoded message)John Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515516350464960470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-18841203716592317412008-10-01T16:49:00.000-05:002008-10-01T16:49:00.000-05:00Dennis wonders if the Muslim Panic is over yet. Re...Dennis wonders if the Muslim Panic is over yet. Recently his crazzeee neighbors warned Dennis that some evildoers had moved into town.dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382113112087625147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-65988626817876628472008-09-30T19:54:00.000-05:002008-09-30T19:54:00.000-05:00Yes, J., I've seen The Devil's Rain. I always like...Yes, J., I've seen The Devil's Rain. I always liked that film a good deal. Really good for no bigger budget than it was.<BR/><BR/>And bob, personally I thought Brainy Smurf was a little fishy myself..<BR/><BR/>Magistra, I'm not sure if we'll return to another Satanic panic or not. A lot of it will depend on if the economy improves soon enough. Too, I have to think it might be a different scapegoat this time. Alleged Communists in the Fifties. Alleged Satanists in the Eighties. Maybe it be an alleged something else this time (terrorists, maybe?).Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-59874527246744960062008-09-30T19:22:00.000-05:002008-09-30T19:22:00.000-05:00Great piece. Speaking of Satanic-themed movies, ha...Great piece. Speaking of Satanic-themed movies, have you ever seen "The Devil's Rain"? It came out in 1975 and featured Ernest Borgnine with ram's horns.Jim Marquishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192637469594429978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-22980520122572529702008-09-30T16:06:00.000-05:002008-09-30T16:06:00.000-05:00Been there, lucky to have lived through it.Watch, ...Been there, lucky to have lived through it.<BR/><BR/>Watch, though....it is making a comeback.<BR/><BR/>When the economy is in the shitter, and the weak are looking for a scapegoat for all the ills of the world......nothing like a little ignorant bigotry to make the masses feel better about themselves.<BR/><BR/>http://magistrayrainetwo.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Y~Magistra_Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628035337253581230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-23516221820588854692008-09-30T02:08:00.000-05:002008-09-30T02:08:00.000-05:00That one smurf with the teapot did look a little s...That one smurf with the teapot did look a little suspicious though.Bob Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509744261705946999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-16877350540543629822008-09-30T02:05:00.000-05:002008-09-30T02:05:00.000-05:00Yes I remember this era, friends argued over this ...Yes I remember this era, friends argued over this subject! Towards the end of this era, some local kids took a Barbie Doll out to a Marian Shrine and set up a little Satanic Tableau. (they wrote Satin Lives in magic marker on a statue -couldn't even spell their master's name.) anyway the kids went home and waited and waited--it took days for the shrine groundskeeper to find the sacrificial Barbie. Then it hit the local newspaper as authentic Satanic worship. The press kept reporting on the whole Satanic theme causing a little panic-- until it was debunked by true experts who came to look at the "evidence." which was laughable. <BR/><BR/>But the month of local satanic reporting set of a chain reaction of panics and kids who decided to prank the panicky, and so the panic lasted another 6 months or so.Bob Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509744261705946999noreply@blogger.com