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Footnotes The Satanic Temple

Footnotes to iilluminaughtii’s “Is The Satanic Temple Really An Arbiter for Justice?” Corporate Casket video

The Satanic Temple has been called the ‘scientology for mall goths’. While they claim to be different, helpful, and progressive, the reality is far darker and potentially even more sinister. They use church money for personal funds, allow sexual assault to occur under their watch, and mislead people about how much they’re willing to help […]

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The Satanic Temple What The Hell Is The Satanic Temple?

What the hell is “The Satanic Temple”? — Ep. 5: The Satanic Temple (Inc.)

The Satanic Temple has described itself in a variety of ways over the years, some of them contradictory. However, since 2019, it would be fair to say that the Temple most commonly has described itself as a “famous IRS-recognized atheistic religious organization“, and this is how TST wants people to think of them. What they’re […]

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Abortion The Satanic Temple

The Satanic Temple cannot help you get an abortion, and it does not deserve your support

[Printable zine] When members of The Satanic Temple see criticism of them and their failed efforts in the name of abortion rights, they often say, “Well, at least they’re doing something.” Yes, what they’re doing is actively making things worse and making money off of it. “The Satanic Temple is not going to save you.” […]

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Lawsuits The Satanic Temple

This invoice reveals the inner workings of The Satanic Temple’s finances

Two-thirds of donation money for Satanic veterans’ memorial in Belle Plaine remains largely unaccounted for, federal court documents reveal “If you gave $1,000 to The Satanic Temple, how would you know where it ended up?” As we’ve talked about before, that is a much more complicated question than most people realize, but we recently got […]

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The Satanic Temple What The Hell Is The Satanic Temple?

What the hell is “The Satanic Temple”? — Ep. 4: Reason Alliance Ltd.

For more information, see The.Satanic.Wiki “If you gave $1,000 to The Satanic Temple, how would you know where it ended up?” That, as much as anything, is the sort of question that the Temple’s owners and supporters have no way of answering satisfactorily even as they continue to have the audacity to ask donors for six […]

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Lawsuits The Satanic Temple

The costs of defending yourself from The Satanic Temple

If you’re already familiar with our situation, feel free to skip down to “By The Numbers“. The background Beyond being a vibe, “Queer Satanic” is a group of four people who have been sued by The Satanic Temple since April 2020 over criticism of the Temple and its owners failing to live up to their […]

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No Hierarchies – Only Vibes

‘… we’d love to hear more about y’all  … as a meme page and a quasi-group? collective? whatever y’all wanna say. In your ideology what are some more positive aspects of y’all? Because from what Tyler said, from what y’all had to say … y’all sound great?’ ‘Don’t take this the wrong way, but y’all seem […]

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Dixieland of the Proletariat EP: 66 “Hail Satan” w/Queer Satanic Heretics

Our friends at Dixie Prole had us on to talk about how modern Satanism has been rife with fascism and reaction throughout its history, but how it didn’t and doesn’t have to be that way.

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The Satanic Temple

The history of The Satanic Temple’s After School Satan clubs

How The Satanic Temple controls the media — and your mind (Part 2: After School Satan) Last time, we looked in detail at how a press release from The Satanic Temple takes advantage first of weak local journalists and their editors by offering a compelling conflict narrative. This makes a story easy to cover “both sides” of […]

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Anatomy of a News Cycle: From local paper to Fox News segment

TST takes advantage of structural biases of journalists and anti-partisanship in social media to get a reaction without having to do anything more