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Shizy ago

The term "satanic panic" was invented to put a stop to the victims coming forwards and the satanic pedophile abuse rings being exposed. It was used to discredit the victims and calm the public. I lived In Manhattan beach ca during the mcmartin preschool days. I was a kid, and fortunately I did not go to the preschool but we knew of several families/kids who did and I can attest that something did in fact happen to those children! It has always pissed me off that those victims were discredited and the whole case has been minimized and outright called a hoax! A child we knew very well was extremely traumatized and screwed up from what had happened to him. He had so many problems and it was devastating in his family.

To those who think that stuff like this can't happen or doesn't happen, I understand how it's easier to deny the possibility of such and awful reality and believe that this was all just a bunch of people in a "panic"- but people need to keep in mind that those who are operating in this type of "lifestyle" have a lot to lose if they are ever exposed so they will resort to anything to keep their activities a secret. luckily for them their victims are very young and it's easy to discredit the thing s the children say.

argosciv ago

I can attest that something did in fact happen to those children! It has always pissed me off that those victims were discredited and the whole case has been minimized and outright called a hoax! A child we knew very well was extremely traumatized and screwed up from what had happened to him. He had so many problems and it was devastating in his family.

Settle, I'm not saying nothing at all happened, I'm saying the investigation was mishandled because of suggestive interviews and poisoning the investigation by pre-emptively sending letters out.

To those who think that stuff like this can't happen or doesn't happen, I understand how it's easier to deny the possibility of such and awful reality and believe that this was all just a bunch of people in a "panic"- but people need to keep in mind that those who are operating in this type of "lifestyle" have a lot to lose if they are ever exposed so they will resort to anything to keep their activities a secret. luckily for them their victims are very young and it's easy to discredit the thing s the children say.

Oh all sorts of morbid abuses are indeed committed and that much isn't something you can blame on moral panic alone, but, constant efforts to attach the label "Satanic" to every case of abuse, has led to perpetuation of moral panic over Satanism; "Satanic Panic" & from there, consistent miscarriages of justice - quite often resulting in false arrests/convictions and wasting funds, etc.

I don't expect many people to give this an open mind, each to their own in the end.

Shizy ago

Yes there's loads of examples of the incestigations and interviews being handled incorrectly. It makes me believe one of two things happened: either the investigators were so emotionally overwhelmed and traumatized by what they were learning and it led them to have unprofessional reactions and lapses in their judgement/implementation of their training, or the cases were mishandled on purpose to further discredit these crimes and victims.

argosciv ago

The unfortunate part, is that it's a mix of both (poor judgement & deliberate miscarriage) which has made the situation all the more convoluted.