Moral panic Archives - Page 6 of 16

Christian Parents Are Still Terrified Of Iron Maiden

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Mentally unbalanced Christians demand a school principal is removed from her position because of ‘Satanic Imagery’.

Printed Poison – Mid-Sixties Moral Panic From The Citizens For Decent Literature

More 1960s anti-smut hysteria from notorious fraudster Charles Keating.

Undignified And Immodest: Ralph Steadman Banned In North Carolina

A beer label featuring a stylised naked figure is too much for North Carolina.

Naked Fury: The Moral Panic Over Naked Attraction’s Cheeky Advertising

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How a cheeky but harmless advertising campaign wound up the easily offended.

The Mass Panic That Came To Tea

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How the throwaway comments of a single campaigner led to hysterical press reports around the world.

Kriminal – Italy’s Second-Best Costumed Anti-Hero

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Sadistic and murderous, Kriminal was nevertheless a hugely popular comic book character in the 1960s.

X-Rated Beer From Jacquie And Michel

The French adult producers lend their name to a couple of blonde beers.

Here’s To My Sweet Satan (And Stairway To Heaven)

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The continuing Satanic Panic and religious hysteria surrounding Led Zeppelin’s most famous recording.

The Relentless Lies And Contrived Hysteria Over The Existential Threat Of Porn

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We would never take people seriously if they suggested that the whole of any industry or culture was represented solely by its worst elements. So why do we accept such blanket criticisms of adult entertainment?

The God Movie Makers: Exploring The Delirious World Of Jeremiah Films

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The paranoid and conspiracy-driven films of America’s biggest fundamentalist production company.

GB News And The Outrage Publicists

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If something upsets and offends you, perhaps it isn’t the smartest idea in the world to keep on promoting it through angry tweets.

OFCOM’s Online Nation: Reinventing Harm

The latest OFCOM report attempts to hype the dangers of unfettered thought online, but can’t hide the fact that viewing porn is now increasingly the norm.