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The New Heretics Stream (6/21/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) Jump to Secular Student Alliance supports ASS clubs The Satanic Temple’s After School Satan Club Partners with Secular Student Alliance om Little Rock, Arkansas https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/news/the-satanic-temples-after-school-satan-club-partners-with-secular-student-alliance https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQYZw4WXIAAPlaf?format=jpg&name=large [Back to top] Louisiana 10 Commandments school bill signed into law Republican governor says he welcomes lawsuits over new school […]

June 21, 2024

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Finding a better Lord of the Rings analogy for US politics

This sort of comparison goes back at least as far as 2016 (“Imagine if Frodo was all ‘Sauron’s bad, but Gandalf’s done some morally gray stuff, too, so I’ll stay home.’ Don’t get eaten by orcs. Vote.”), and to liberals who like to situate themselves as being the ultimate good and voting as the ultimate […]

June 20, 2024

But they're BOTH so OLD! Gandalf can barely remember his passwords and even forgot that people called him Gandalf (yikes), while Saruman betrayed the Free Peoples of middle-earth and led an insurrection that stormed Helm's Deep. You can see how they're equally bad choices. — JRR Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) February 15, 2024

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The New Heretics Stream (6/14/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Todd Rokita TST answers state in Indiana abortion-ban appeal In the Seventh Circuit, The Satanic Temple’s business lawyer W. James MacNaughton continues to try to find compelling arguments that can reverse TST’s loss at federal district court. Back to top […]

June 14, 2024

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Why You Should (Not) Become a Satanist

(A Case Against) Identifying with Satanism in the Modern World Zine: [Pages in Order][Two-per-page, print front-and-back, flip-on-short-edge] First, let’s make sure there’s no misunderstanding. Most Satanists do not worship or even believe in a literal, supernatural devil. It is absolutely not the norm for Satanists to abuse or ritually harm children or animals; if anything, […]

June 11, 2024

Hail Lucifer The Light Bringer: Archbudzar illustration of blue Baphomet figure with top surgery scars and wings wears a punk battle vest with trans pride flag, trans symbol, and satanic antifascism patches. Floating above one hand is “Queer Ultraviolence” the Bash Back! anthology book while floating above the other hand is a lit Molotov cocktail with a leviathan cross / sulfur symbol on it. Fire also comes from the top of Baphomet’s head like the traditional famous “Sabbatic Goat” illustration

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The New Heretics Stream (6/7/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC More filings in Newsweek lawsuit CourtListener docket We don’t really see anything new in the new filings; it just seems incredible that TST’s argument is “Yes, Jinx Strange heard people talking about their experiences in TST […]

June 7, 2024

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The Satanic Temple does not care about its members

TST’s own court filings show it is not interested in any structural reform or protections for people in the org, only protecting the Temple’s owners The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since February 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 that focused on TST’s SLAPP action against the four of […]

June 6, 2024

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The New Heretics Stream (5/31/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC TST’s own evidence reveals how poor its reaction to sexual abuse claims are The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 focusing on TST’s SLAPP […]

May 31, 2024

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How The Satanic Temple is just like the Catholic Church

Court filings reveal not only does TST pay to get positive news coverage to distract from the bad, it used the same PR guy the Church did — for exactly what you think Background: The Satanic Temple started suing four former members of its Washington State chapter in April 2020, accusing us of, among other […]

May 28, 2024

"corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture"

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Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

The New Heretics Stream (5/24/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(Fridays @ 8 p.m. Pacific / 0300 GMT) 1. [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple, Inc v. the City of Chicago Chicago invocation trial schedule set This is one of the lesser-known lawsuits The Satanic Temple is pursuing, another invocation challenge after their failed Scottsdale and (so far) failed Boston lawsuits. This one began in […]

May 24, 2024

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