It’s a revival of the Satanic panic of the 1980s and 1990s, when Americans saw this type of demonic evil everywhere in ordinary people. It’s not a coincidence that the panic arose at a time when more and more women were in the workforce. The latest panic, Lavin told me, is a “concerted effort to turn back the clock on gay rights.”Last month, Florida Gov. It offers a throughline with other dangerous GOP conspiracy theories, including the QAnon border variant that attacks Democrats who oppose cruel border policies as supporting child sex traffickers. People with mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, are in fact more vulnerable to false conspiracy theories.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 07, 2022 17:25 UTC